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Ubuntu Servers Hacked
An anonymous reader noted that "Ubuntu had to shutdown 5 of 8 production servers that are sponsored by Canonical, when they started attacking other systems. Canonical blames the community, saying they were community hosted, and were poorly maintained. However, kernel upgrades couldn't be done because of poor backwards compatibility with the very hardware that Canonical had sponsored! While people point fingers at each other it is pretty clear that both sides are equally to blame, the community administrators for practicing bad security practices, such as using unencrypted FTP transfers with accounts, not properly maintaining the system. However Canonical should have been well aware of what they are hosting. The question remains, if any of the files distributed to users have been compromised. A major blow for Canonical though who are attempting to enter the business market with Ubuntu Server."
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
This is just a transitional feature designed to make Windows users more comfortable using Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu made a boobootu
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It's like NT all over again. God only knows what bad things they can do with that.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
This doesn't sound like a hack at all. If "[they] started attacking the other servers", it sounds more like a virus than a hacker. That is, if the servers were genuinely attacking the other servers. It's an exploited weakness nonetheless.
The game.
Linux systems are only as secure as the admins who manage them.
:)
And for bonus "hate" points, even MS servers can be secure if they are admined probably. Don't worry though, I have my flame suit on.
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
Well, if they _did_ get broken into all the time, then that would be pretty embarrassing. The last thing they would want to do is publicize the fact, so it only makes sense that they would cover it up and say nothing about it.
Since nobody has _ever_ said anything about frequent break-ins, it's clear that they must be happening.
Why am I the only person who can see how obvious this is?
Linux servers don't get hacked. Period.
Maybe they should've been running deb stable. ;)
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Sir, somewhere in the fully-indexed and data-mined future, your descendants will be publicly shamed and ridiculed because of your post.
I suppose they'll have no choice but to flee to deeper waters.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
Please mod this -1, I don't agree with him.
"Ubuntu had to shutdown 5 of 8 production servers that are sponsored by Canonical, when they started attacking other systems."
In Soviet Russia, server attack you?
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And to think, the only reason I post here is so I can be taken seriously by the people who really count.
Another dream shattered!
Well, I heard that Ubuntu isn't very good at that either...
Next on Fox...
I've seen lots of dolphins but none of them had CAT5 coming out of their ass.
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Indeed. I have to question the security of a software company which not only leaves it's source code in public FTP, but, after others discover this mistake, ASKS THEM TO MIRROR IT!
It boggles the mind.
If there's anyone I hate more than stupid people, it's intellectuals.
I've seen this hundreds of times, but never bothered with it.
You made a good argument, but when you use terms like "Windoze" you lose credibility.
People who can't see though my wording probably won't believe the argument anyway. Brainwashing is strangely dehumanizing like that. The victims lose their sense of humor as well as reason. The term "windoze" implies both of those losses and that people who continue to use it are asleep at the wheel.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
Who are you calling crazy???
"The complete lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working."
- Jack Handey
When someone hacked MS and got a copy of their source code it was headline news.
I am surprised no one reports how oftem Linux source code is taken from company servers, they must get hacked constantly compared to MS.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
Linking to your own comments instead of linking to TFA = Fail.
You can't take the sky from me.
I propose we coin a new term, "hatters." However, that might make them mad.
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