[PLUG] for Christian: Ubuntu installer problem

Jason R. Martin nsxfreddy at gmail.com
Tue Mar 14 17:47:34 UTC 2006


On 3/14/06, Michael M. Moore <Michael at writemoore.net> wrote:
> You mentioned you are going to give out an Ubuntu disk at the talk
> you're giving.  Are you aware of this?:
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-262-1
>
> If you're giving them a Breezy installation disk, you should be sure to
> mention this vulnerability.  It's pretty bad.
>
> Ubuntu is (rightly, I think) being raked over the coals at Slashdot for
> this oopsy.  I can't believe nobody caught it for five months.
>
> Linux "security" is not all it's cracked up to be, all the time, for
> every distro.

And FC4 shipped an installer image that didn't boot on a very common
Intel-based system without kernel command-line voodoo magic.  Linux
distros are created by humans, and they make mistakes.

Jason



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