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Such local vulnerabilities, as they are called, have led to several compromises on the servers used to host Linux development and distribution in recent months.

It just happened to be Linux and Solaris but if it had been Windows it would have been just as easy to do. I can get the Admin password on W2K box in about 3 minutes if I attack it locally.
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This is not good...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Here Here!!  Mack DaNife | 04/14/04
Spot on post!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Nah, public hangings would be tbetter  voska | 04/14/04
Naw, too fast and has no lasting effect.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Shame on the admins!  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Correct you are...  LinuxHippie | 04/13/04
Linux Patching???  Da-Man | 04/13/04
no money is correct  nucrash | 04/13/04
Freeware...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Choose your tool for update management...  David Mohring | 04/13/04
Also...  doe_z | 04/14/04
RedHat Linux 7.1, now thats ancient history  Da-Man | 04/14/04
Not Necessarily  Mack DaNife | 04/14/04
Linux (and most unix based systems) come with a version control system  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Even simpler...  Fred Fredrickson | 04/13/04
Bad Passwords  Mark Gist | 04/14/04
Not really, simple training and common sense...  MkIIISupra | 04/14/04
Completely Unrealistic  nikoli | 04/14/04
Your right so read my reply to  MkIIISupra | 04/14/04
ROFLMAO  Loverock Davidson | 04/13/04
Did you, er... can you read?  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Section 5.8 of MS Shill book..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/14/04
You responded?!?  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Linux is not very secure  Enterprise Analyst | 04/13/04
IT_Christian aka Southern Pride!  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
No kidding!  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Ignorance Exposed...  boomslang_z | 04/14/04
Local Access buddy  voska | 04/14/04
Even better...  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Meanwhile...  Mark Gist | 04/14/04
Sounds like an "inside job"  wackoae | 04/13/04
Someone on the internal network, yes.  Zogg | 04/14/04
Since when was password guessing a OS flaw?  David Mohring | 04/13/04
Whatever...  Da-Man | 04/14/04
re: whatever  Iain_Peters | 04/14/04
Not Just A Password Issue  nikoli | 04/14/04
Only some machines were "easy meat"...  Zogg | 04/14/04
Every one?  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
not the only method  PA-ITGuy | 04/14/04
Your own quote says "presumably by..."  Zogg | 04/14/04
re: not the only method  cbradshaw@... | 04/14/04
Windows and Linux MUST keep up with Patches!  cancelled@... | 04/13/04
Perhaps that which makes OSS more secure also backfires  oldskool | 04/13/04
Give an instance of that comprimise  cancelled@... | 04/14/04
But did it slow down and spread to whole Internet?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/14/04
there is a difference  prong@... | 04/14/04
The system WAS compromised, PERIOD...  Da-Man | 04/14/04
And we're still waiting for the analysis that will tell us "How?".  Zogg | 04/14/04
3/10  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
The parrallels are striking!  ShadeTree | 04/14/04
FINALLY!!  Eggs Ackley_z | 04/14/04
It's all 'gotcha' and 'how cares' until  FilledOut | 04/14/04
Reality vs. Sensetionality  michael-t | 04/14/04

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