From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Joseph D. Wagner" Subject: RE: GNU server "compromised"? Gimme a break! Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:55:05 -0500 Sender: linux-gcc-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <000601c362bf$7eadc9a0$62a14943@joe> References: <200308141813.AA266993698@worldtechtribune.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: In-reply-to: <200308141813.AA266993698@worldtechtribune.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: scott@worldtechtribune.com Cc: Bob Adkins , Linux GCC , Linux Kernel I just think this goes a long way to say that GNU/Linux security sucks, the theory of a thousand eyes isn't true because the eyes aren't looking, GNU/Linux security sucks, FSF is administrated by incompetent boobs (notice that even their pre-hacked backups could be compromised -- um, "offsite backups" anyone?), GNU/Linux security sucks, auditing is non-existent because they can't tell who did what (they'd first need ACL's for this), GNU/Linux security sucks, backdoors can be in open source code, ... and did I mention that GNU/Linux security sucks? > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott McCollum [mailto:scott@worldtechtribune.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:14 PM > To: Joseph D. Wagner; bob@bobadkins.com > Subject: GNU server "compromised"? Gimme a break! > > http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/2248811 > > So the excuse is that the GNU/Linux servers holding source code for the > Free Software Foundation was compromised will be how Stallman and his > cronies explain the fact that SCO-owned intellectual property got onto > their servers. > > How crazy does it sound when you say this out loud: "A hacker broke into > our open source servers and slipped proprietary code into the source code > of GNU/Linux in an attempt to plant evidence to frame us"? > -