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Vulnerability Discovered In Latest Ubuntu Distributions, Users Advised To Update (ubuntu.com)

Posted by msmash on from the go-update dept.

Celarent Darii writes: There is a vulnerability in the latest ubuntu distributions due to the DNS resolver included in systemd. The inclusion of the dns resolver was lamented by many on the mailing list, not without cause. All are advised to update their distribution.

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  1. Poettering strikes again by guruevi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think systemd is a Microsoft plant. It's basically INI files for Linux. Next week he'll upgrade us all to a 'central registry' and you'll need a GUI to edit it.

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  2. Dare I say it? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here goes: systemd, the cause of all modern Linux problems.

    systemd is completely backward in how unix systems are built. You're supposed to have tiny programs do one job and do it well. systemd is a huge monolith that's assimilating everything on its path.

    Wait, why does that sound familiar?

    Anyone know if the authors of systemd are getting paid by Microsoft, by any chance?

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  3. Re:what a horrible dns resolver by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What problem do the systemd guys think that they're solving by adding a half-assed dns resolver to systemd? Is it just because they can't stand to have any software that's not under their direct control?

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  4. Re:For those keeping track... by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That graph is the infant graph of every project

    Sure... except that systemd has been around for seven years. It's not maturing because it's always expanding.

    They need help.

    I agree, they are rudderless boat that runs into other projects and absorbs them. What they need is vision but the project leaders are blind mice in a maze with no finish line. I cannot help them because they will not accept one of their ideas being rejected.

    What are YOU doing to help them? There's 617 things you could be working on.

    I've been writing a properly designed replacement to dislodge systemd. It's portable, superior but most importantly it follows the UNIX design philosophy. However, I will not be an enabler of those who work on systemd by cleaning up their messes for the next 30 years.

    Open source software is evolutionary and systemd too will go the way of the dinosaurs.

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