Something must be done! (Security)

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Author: John Kloian III
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Subject: Something must be done! (Security)
I don't remeber the name, but I definately remember something coming
across Freshmeat within the last week that does exactly that.

John Kloian III
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Jay wrote:

>
>
> Hey Jiva. Although I don't keep up on the RH stuff, I think I saw
> something like this come across the daily Freshmeat batch within the last
> week or so. You may want to do a search over there.
>
> Question -- What packages were sploited on their systems? Share with the
> rest of us some of the details so that we can all make sure we're up to
> date... :)
>
> ~Jay
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 wrote:
>
> > 2 count em 2 of my friends running linux discovered tonight their
> > machines had been rooted! And the only reason was because they didn't
> > keep their packages up to date. Does anyone know of a script that'll
> > get just the latest security fixes on RedHat?
> > --
> > I think I am an overnight sensation right now!!
> >
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> In a world where an admin is rendered useless when the ball in his mouse
> has been taken out, it is good to know that I know UNIX.
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