If there actually is any infringement, which does seem possible, I would think that a rational judge would say "fix it, you have 1 month" or something to that effect, and a month later all would be peachy and dandy. Meanwhile SCO refuses to show anyone the "infringing" code because they know it'll just get fixed. If they were honest businesspeople trying to make some money off their UNIX, they would have just shown the code, asked for it to be changed, and that would have been the end of it. But no; not only do they refuse to show anyone what needs fixing, but they continue to offer linux, directly violating the GPL.
Actually, this vulnerability had already been patched, just not on this particular server.
iSEC Security Research reports that wu-ftpd contains an off-by-one bug in the fb_realpath function which could be exploited by a logged-in user (local or anonymous) to gain root privileges. A demonstration exploit is reportedly available.
I think you want OpenBSD...7 years running, 1 remote hole in the default install. (I think it was patched within 3 days, but am too lazy to look it up.)
There's nothing stopping you from using KDE/Gnome from CVS in Debian, but why would you want to? The reason unstable lags behind the bleeding edge by a teensie weensie bit is that the package maintainers are obsessively testing it. I run unstable on the desktop (with apache in the background) and can tell you, it's pretty damned stable (as compared to ANY windows, yes, even XP which I support at work). You can install anything you want in Debian (there's even rpm support for simple enough packages through alien) and nothing stops you from using alternative apt sources with more up-to-date/unstable software.
People complaining that Debian is out of date always bug me just because all they have to do is change a bunch of instances of the word "stable" to "unstable" and then run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. *boom* bestest upgrade process EVAR.
Okay, larien, I realize you weren't really the target of this...but people saying Debian is a dinosaur always irk me...it's mork like a shark.
I don't know about you, but I have mostly been seeing reactions to this of the "what a mess" variety. Maybe you have your filter set to -1: raw and uncut, but there isn't much linux zealotry being modded up past 3.
But why would lunix people have done this? I don't think the NT kernel runs on the C64.
As far as "this could never happen on linux", of course it could. If the majority of the clueless users out there were using linux, they'd be just as unlikely to patch as the masses of windows sheep are...unless someone set up a cron job to apt-get dist-upgrade for them. (yes, gratuitous blamefait, but it is that great)
That's the only one? Didn't they make 98, 98SE, 95, and 3.x? They're not vulnerable either. This is probably the only thing in Windows ME that isn't a bug:oP
Why-oh-why can't people patch? Shouldn't broadband providers be sending emails to their clients with a link in them? You'd think every hotmail account would get a message saying "Plug that hole" from whoever it is that runs hotmail. Even the most clueless of windows users can click on a link and then click the "Yes" button. I can see my logs filling with failed attempts to bring down my machine already...
Now that's kind of silly. You won't use it, I won't use it. That doesn't mean that the majority of users, who can't form a good search with two hands and a dictionary won't use it. This appears to be a tool for simplifying the web search process. "Learn to use Google" isn't valid because many users couldn't care less about learning what +,-, and "" mean.
I think this is for whittling down a person's individual searches. My preferences when I'm searching for something about rj45 plugs won't affect yours. This could be cool if used in conjunction with pagerank, so that I don't have to keep clicking on all the little "o"s...it makes it so I only have to see 1 page of links.
The biggest flaw I can see with this system is that if I'm looking for something rare and specific, once I find it, I won't thumbs-up it, I'll just click on the link...It might be useful to have a "thumbs-down all on page checkbox" which might narrow the search intelligently.
Damnit, people, stop outlawing tools which have multiple uses. Outlaw the bad uses and you don't have any issues. I want to copy software illegally. That's already illegal. Now I want to run linux on my coke can. Why should that be illegal? Because copying software is not illegal enough. Isn't legality a boolean? Does it need to be compounded by superfluous laws?
I know the gun thing is probably overused, but let's say I want a high pressure water gun so I can soak my buddy with water. This is like outlawing this water pistol because someone else put bleach in theirs and sprayed it in the eyes of a law enforcement officer. Blinding a cop is illegal, and for good reason. Why make owning a water pistol illegal?
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So...It's a bunny-powered human? Does Energizer know about this?
By the way, Microsoft is backing SCO against IBM.
There's a start for your answers.
The GPL is being tested as law in this...More useful would be to get patent law revised in the US.
Or...Serenity Now.
Owls Swoop Nightly?
Our Saviour...Nah.
Ornery Software Nerds...
Oh well, Silly Name.
It's from the department-of-redundancy department.
Not 100%, but 99.9%, sure.
Obviously the cup is too big.
Memory protection is a good thing.
It didn't help him remember the name "Gray Davis" any.
Dude, time to upgrade to woody...patches aren't being backported to potato anymore.
run a dist-upgrade on your debian box...slink is no longer stable
People complaining that Debian is out of date always bug me just because all they have to do is change a bunch of instances of the word "stable" to "unstable" and then run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. *boom* bestest upgrade process EVAR.
Okay, larien, I realize you weren't really the target of this...but people saying Debian is a dinosaur always irk me...it's mork like a shark.
We need a modification of the robots.txt file standards to indicate that major pages like slashdot should not link here.
I don't know about you, but I have mostly been seeing reactions to this of the "what a mess" variety. Maybe you have your filter set to -1: raw and uncut, but there isn't much linux zealotry being modded up past 3.
But why would lunix people have done this? I don't think the NT kernel runs on the C64.
As far as "this could never happen on linux", of course it could. If the majority of the clueless users out there were using linux, they'd be just as unlikely to patch as the masses of windows sheep are...unless someone set up a cron job to apt-get dist-upgrade for them. (yes, gratuitous blamefait, but it is that great)
That's the only one? Didn't they make 98, 98SE, 95, and 3.x? They're not vulnerable either. This is probably the only thing in Windows ME that isn't a bug :oP
Why-oh-why can't people patch? Shouldn't broadband providers be sending emails to their clients with a link in them? You'd think every hotmail account would get a message saying "Plug that hole" from whoever it is that runs hotmail. Even the most clueless of windows users can click on a link and then click the "Yes" button. I can see my logs filling with failed attempts to bring down my machine already...
Now that's kind of silly. You won't use it, I won't use it. That doesn't mean that the majority of users, who can't form a good search with two hands and a dictionary won't use it. This appears to be a tool for simplifying the web search process. "Learn to use Google" isn't valid because many users couldn't care less about learning what +,-, and "" mean.
This search engine uses google...look at a search string, it's just a front end.
I think this is for whittling down a person's individual searches. My preferences when I'm searching for something about rj45 plugs won't affect yours. This could be cool if used in conjunction with pagerank, so that I don't have to keep clicking on all the little "o"s...it makes it so I only have to see 1 page of links.
The biggest flaw I can see with this system is that if I'm looking for something rare and specific, once I find it, I won't thumbs-up it, I'll just click on the link...It might be useful to have a "thumbs-down all on page checkbox" which might narrow the search intelligently.
Damnit, people, stop outlawing tools which have multiple uses. Outlaw the bad uses and you don't have any issues. I want to copy software illegally. That's already illegal. Now I want to run linux on my coke can. Why should that be illegal? Because copying software is not illegal enough. Isn't legality a boolean? Does it need to be compounded by superfluous laws?
I know the gun thing is probably overused, but let's say I want a high pressure water gun so I can soak my buddy with water. This is like outlawing this water pistol because someone else put bleach in theirs and sprayed it in the eyes of a law enforcement officer. Blinding a cop is illegal, and for good reason. Why make owning a water pistol illegal?
[end rant]IBM had this before Apple, my roommate's IBM Athlon 800 (800MHz was a new thing to Athlons when he bought it) came with one of these things.
Many of the nerds on Slashdot are very interested in censorship and pr0n :oP
Only if he's not retarded.