you keep talking about all these supposed "vulnerabilities" yet you can't come up with any except links to more of your ignorant jibberish comments and stories by tabloids who have no idea what they're on about and who can easily be proven wrong...
tell me how you would break into a linux web server will all your accumulated knowledge on the exploits and vulnerabilities of "open sores"...
i bet you can't because you're all talk, but i look forward to your bullshit jibberish response:)
at least i know why your dodgy hosts program needs 64 bit with 10g ram just to hold all your "cool" hand-coded and nooblish excessive exception handling functions... god knows how many runtime bugs are in it (lucky for you delphi at least highlights the lines that won't compile, else you'd be totally screwed)
As to "no one caring what I say?" you certainly seem to.
i'm an engineer and a programmer and i've never heard of minecraft, let alone played it. i wouldn't know all that sort of crap about any game that i've ever played (you probably didn't know all that either before you looked it up on wikipedia immediately prior to your rant).
you're just a knob head, and i imagine real geeks don't give a rats about "geek cards".
try asking your question in your post without all the bullshit (i never read the subject of your posts)
android runs the linux kernel... a simple google search would have told you that
not that it supports any of your claims, since majority of android malware is a userspace problem, not a kernel problem
can you point to any kernel exploits in android?
...and just because someone calls it a "rootkit" doesn't mean anything unless it is accompanied by some kind of explanation of how root privelige is achieved
Here in Norway our biggest OpenOffice poster boy with 20,000 seats (that's fairly big in a country of 5 mio people) dropped it last year and went back to MS Office after 7 years - you'd think they'd be well into the "long time savings" period by then.
i seriously doubt that the decision to go back to microsoft had anything to do with savings and everything to do with corruption and payouts
If all your people are are trained on Windows and Office, switching to Linux and OpenOffice will have an associated cost in terms of retraining and reduced productivity while people become proficient in the new software, right?
also, rc.local on my machine (default install of squeeze, no permissions tampering) has write permissions on/etc/rc.local for owner (root) only, so for any malware to write to/etc/rc.local it would have to be running as root anyway (in which case my system would already be fucked).
TFA doesn't make a very clear connection between "iFrame injection mechanism" and full root access on the server, particularly as servers don't usually display iframes in a web browser (that's usually on the client end). sure there are plenty of ways of corrupting a mysql database and fucking up a poorly secured website app, but there is significantly more effort to get from mysql or www-data user permissions to root permissions on a server.
sounds more like at most a social engineering hack than any kind of technical exploit in the software itself. if you change your filesystem permissions in a rediculous way (chmod everything to be rwxrwxrwx or something) then maybe you could cause yourself some grief.
i'll respond to the first one, but i'm not going to bother shutting down all your FUD because you'll no doubt just come with more bullshit anyway... i do enjoy reading bits of your pointless and desperate responses though:)
there is no proof that it is even a rootkit... its just more FUD
how stupid do you think the IT world is? linux is getting more popular, and windows 8 is struggling (even by microsoft's own admission), and azure hosts linux servers because that's what their customers want
...and you know what's nice for us pro-linux folk; linux will endure in the community that develops it, uses it and loves it regardless of what the corporate world thinks or does... linux will be evolved, forked, adapted, etc while companies come and go. there is no need to worry about profit margins, shareholder satisfaction or market share. linus torvalds started linux because he was interested in computers and the tools he needed were too expensive so he developed his own and he was happy to share his work, and the open source community has evolved around that simple and extremely powerful idea. no matter what the corporate world does, open source ideals are inevitably invulnerable, the same as religion and even communism.
i think companies are beginning to trust linux more and more because of the open source community spirit and increasing momentum in the development of linux by some very big players (like IBM and Oracle) that would no doubt instill a lot of confidence in other companies to escape the microsoft prison. companies don't have to feel locked in or ripped off if they use linux.
even if the name "linux" eventually becomes irrelevant, the open source community spirit will be its enduring legacy, and shills and FUD spreaders will never be able to kill it... i guess that must totally suck for you:)
answer: APK's bullshit code has a Python indentation bug on the fifth line!...and the funniest part is that he either can't even see it, or can but doesn't want to acknowledge it and instead wants to keep posting his incompetent garbage all over slashdot
you might have a couple of exception handlers APK, but the code in the linked post won't even interpret let alone handle any errors!
noobs may not use exception handlers, but noobs also use exception handlers incorrectly, which you have. exception handlers are good for handling specific exceptions (user input particularly).
wrapping swathes of code in exception handlers stinks of noob.
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go back to trying to figure out where the bug is in your Python code, idiot
meanwhile, linux will continue to dominate the world hahahahah!!!!
have you even read any of these articles?
/. database of APK ignorance :)
surely you're at least a bit embarrassed posting this shit, no?
it's funny and all, but it doesn't help whatever argument you're trying to make, except that you're an idiot of course
keep going though.... you keep building up that
you keep talking about all these supposed "vulnerabilities" yet you can't come up with any except links to more of your ignorant jibberish comments and stories by tabloids who have no idea what they're on about and who can easily be proven wrong...
:)
tell me how you would break into a linux web server will all your accumulated knowledge on the exploits and vulnerabilities of "open sores"...
i bet you can't because you're all talk, but i look forward to your bullshit jibberish response
we don't want "your kind" on the #1 most used OS platform there is on PC desktops and servers combined
your kind stinks and is full of whingeing morons who don't even realise how much they rely on the "2nd rate least used OS platform"
...used google lately?
...read it and weep moron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_platform#Software
As to "no one caring what I say?" you certainly seem to.
you're funny
nobody even takes YOU seriously, let alone caring about what you think
go fix your buggy code you ignorant noob
i'm an engineer and a programmer and i've never heard of minecraft, let alone played it. i wouldn't know all that sort of crap about any game that i've ever played (you probably didn't know all that either before you looked it up on wikipedia immediately prior to your rant).
you're just a knob head, and i imagine real geeks don't give a rats about "geek cards".
if "we fat" go with "wii fit"
hahahahaha....there we go :)
c'mon apk... give us something good... that little tid bit of lame bullshit just isnj't enough any more
omg ok you've convinced me with your infinite bullsh.... i mean wisdom :)
try asking your question in your post without all the bullshit (i never read the subject of your posts)
...and just because someone calls it a "rootkit" doesn't mean anything unless it is accompanied by some kind of explanation of how root privelige is achieved
...i read this and it is just a load of bullshit FUD to anyone but morons like you
android runs the linux kernel... a simple google search would have told you that
not that it supports any of your claims, since majority of android malware is a userspace problem, not a kernel problem
can you point to any kernel exploits in android?
https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-linux-rootkit-emerges-112012
from TFA: "It's unclear exactly how the servers have become infected"
APK makes no sense anyway... even though he posts as AC, he still rants about mod points.... go figure
Here in Norway our biggest OpenOffice poster boy with 20,000 seats (that's fairly big in a country of 5 mio people) dropped it last year and went back to MS Office after 7 years - you'd think they'd be well into the "long time savings" period by then.
i seriously doubt that the decision to go back to microsoft had anything to do with savings and everything to do with corruption and payouts
You do NOT need retraining when MS changed the UI araound. In fact it boosted efficiency.
do you seriously think that ribbons boost productivity?
naaah... there's surely not anyone as stupid and ignorant as that
mod parent up
If all your people are are trained on Windows and Office, switching to Linux and OpenOffice will have an associated cost in terms of retraining and reduced productivity while people become proficient in the new software, right?
remember the introduction of ribbons?
what about metro?
at least OOo still uses conventional toolbars
why not? i'm sure there are botnet owners who publish ads in the tabloids:
WANTED: GOOGLE CHROME ZERO-DAY EXPLOITS
WILL PAY BIG BUX
GO TO http://www.mybotnet.somerussianwebsite.com/just-for-morons/drive-by-windows-malware/google-advert/really-dumb-fucks/specially-designed-for-nigerians/click-me-page.asp
aaahh... there's your problem.... you were using windows.
that will be $340 please
looks like you wiped your ass with a cheap bedsheet after eating waaaaaay to much mcd's
next there will be slashdot iframe injection rootkits :)
in all fairness, the original fermat reference wasn't really that funny or even relevant... it possibly could have been if worded better
this one sounds like APK that we all know and loathe :)
...overly concerned about mod points, trolls, and posting as AC himself
so how's that bug in your pointless and overly bloated and mindlessly exception handled Python function coming along then?
also, rc.local on my machine (default install of squeeze, no permissions tampering) has write permissions on /etc/rc.local for owner (root) only, so for any malware to write to /etc/rc.local it would have to be running as root anyway (in which case my system would already be fucked).
TFA doesn't make a very clear connection between "iFrame injection mechanism" and full root access on the server, particularly as servers don't usually display iframes in a web browser (that's usually on the client end). sure there are plenty of ways of corrupting a mysql database and fucking up a poorly secured website app, but there is significantly more effort to get from mysql or www-data user permissions to root permissions on a server.
sounds more like at most a social engineering hack than any kind of technical exploit in the software itself. if you change your filesystem permissions in a rediculous way (chmod everything to be rwxrwxrwx or something) then maybe you could cause yourself some grief.
i'll respond to the first one, but i'm not going to bother shutting down all your FUD because you'll no doubt just come with more bullshit anyway... i do enjoy reading bits of your pointless and desperate responses though :)
...and you know what's nice for us pro-linux folk; linux will endure in the community that develops it, uses it and loves it regardless of what the corporate world thinks or does... linux will be evolved, forked, adapted, etc while companies come and go. there is no need to worry about profit margins, shareholder satisfaction or market share. linus torvalds started linux because he was interested in computers and the tools he needed were too expensive so he developed his own and he was happy to share his work, and the open source community has evolved around that simple and extremely powerful idea. no matter what the corporate world does, open source ideals are inevitably invulnerable, the same as religion and even communism.
:)
regarding "New Linux Rootkit Emerges", try having a read of this comment under TFA:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3263519&cid=42056119
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3263519&cid=42047399
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3263519&cid=42077989
there is no proof that it is even a rootkit... its just more FUD
how stupid do you think the IT world is? linux is getting more popular, and windows 8 is struggling (even by microsoft's own admission), and azure hosts linux servers because that's what their customers want
i think companies are beginning to trust linux more and more because of the open source community spirit and increasing momentum in the development of linux by some very big players (like IBM and Oracle) that would no doubt instill a lot of confidence in other companies to escape the microsoft prison. companies don't have to feel locked in or ripped off if they use linux.
even if the name "linux" eventually becomes irrelevant, the open source community spirit will be its enduring legacy, and shills and FUD spreaders will never be able to kill it... i guess that must totally suck for you
rhetorical question: which is more bug prone, and which one actually has a bug?
...and the funniest part is that he either can't even see it, or can but doesn't want to acknowledge it and instead wants to keep posting his incompetent garbage all over slashdot
s = "123"
s = s[::-1]
print s
or...
code here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42015649
answer: APK's bullshit code has a Python indentation bug on the fifth line!
you might have a couple of exception handlers APK, but the code in the linked post won't even interpret let alone handle any errors!
noobs may not use exception handlers, but noobs also use exception handlers incorrectly, which you have. exception handlers are good for handling specific exceptions (user input particularly).
wrapping swathes of code in exception handlers stinks of noob.