Debian Hackin, how it happened....

Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own wayNaples, FL Icrontian
edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
Here is a story about how the Debian server Hackin happened. You might want to note that the hole that let this happen in the serving app (CVS) that was used for entry has been closed, so folks who run CVS might want to update CVS if they also run Linux, or set up a root jail to house the CVS serving.

Link:

http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,nwm,1,a51f,3jf6,x5t,i3s1

This site in the Netherlands, but is reasonably reliable. Link came to me via Linux Today newsletter.... Expect it to feed UK english, and NOT American....

John.

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Like there's an unreadable difference between UK and American English...
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    UK English is 17.84% - 1\4 different in words and inflection than US English.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    Like there's an unreadable difference between UK and American English...

    Thrax, what is a Lorry??? (what we would call a truck here.)

    Who might say: " 'Old 'ard, what the 'eck is all that truck?" (a policeman, wondering what all the suspicious looking junk you are carrying is, telling you to STOP)

    What does the slang verb 'to kip" mean??? (sack out, sleep deeply like a log, or just rest while lying down). A Kipper is someone who likes to sleep or rest a lot....

    So, what is a Gipper???

    John.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    articles written in slang are at best unreliable, somehow I dont see this being an issue.

    and a gipper is a swindler or a thief.

    Gobbles
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    English articles, be they from the United Kingdom or the United States, are not going to use anywhere near as much slang as you imply, John.

    And whilst I understand the differences between the two dialects (I actively follow Shorty and Jimborae's repartés), you make the mistake of mixing spoken British English with writing.

    Just like written and verbal forms of any language, the written is often more free of slang, and truer to a broad and understandable form.
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