Hehehehe! Leiam abaixo; fui eu quem começei essa thread sobre mulheres na Debian ;)
----- Original Message ----- From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-news@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 4:38 AM Subject: Debian Weekly News - November 22nd, 2000 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Debian Weekly News > http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2000/38/ > Debian Weekly News - November 22nd, 2000 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > Welcome to Debian Weekly News, a newsletter for the Debian community. > > A raft of recent security fixes include fixes for a local [1]cron > exploit, a [2]serious hole in ssh, a [3]local root exploit in > modutils (Debian is vulnerable after all), [4]a bug in mc that allows > anyone to overwrite the first byte of any file, [5]a buffer overflow > in ncurses that can be exploited via [6]suid binaries in xmcd, a > [7]symlink attack using joe's DEADJOE files and a [8]similar problem > in elvis-tiny, a remote exploit that can [9]crash tcpdump, a similar > [10]buffer overflow in ethereal, and an [11]updated cupsys package > that doesn't default to letting anyone in the world access the > printer. More security fixes continue to come in as DWN goes to press. > This has been the busiest week for the security team in recent memory, > and they've certainly done a good job. > > Debian 2.2r2 will probably be released by this weekend. Anthony Towns > and Ben Collins argued about this, with Anthony wanting [12]get r2 out > within the promised time frame to fix the problems in r1, while Ben > prefers to [13]wait a week or two for testing, even more pending > security fixes, and to let the porters catch up so we do not "make > another point release, with known issues". Anthony rejected this plan, > stating that "it'll be out around the 24th, US holiday or not". This > is a tough call -- more security holes will surely be found soon after > we release -- but it's the kind of tough call that Anthony as release > manager has to make, even if his decision is not popular. > > One of this week's more interesting threads concerns women in Debian. > [14]The thread touches on many subjects: the number of female > developers (a few, with more in the queue), why there are so > relatively few women in Debian and the free software world in general > (is Debian "the epitome of the all guys testosterone engineering > groups?), and lots of general discussion not specific to Debian. It's > clearly an interesting topic, but we should pay heed to An Thi-Nguyen > Le when she [15]points out, "We're all just dudes who happen to work > on Debian." > > The [16]Debian Jr. project is [17]collecting ideas for a logo. The > project also has a dedicated irc channel now, #debian-jr on > irc.debian.org. > > [18]debianHELP is the latest new Debian website. Their purpose is to > "provide some in-depth, non-geek explanations about the common > problems that people run into", and the site is taking off quickly, > already full of topics like "What to do when unstable goes bad", > "Printing in Debian", "Managing kernel modules", and a fair number of > useful tips. > > Debian won several awards this month. Debian received a [19]reader's > choice award for web infrastructure from WebTechniques magazine, and a > VA Linux system with Debian pre-loaded received Linux Journal's > [20]editor's choice award for best web server. There seems to be a > theme here.. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > References > 1. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001118a > 2. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001118 > 3. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001120 > 4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0011/msg03289.html > 5. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce-00/msg00083.html > 6. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce-00/msg00084.html > 7. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001122 > 8. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce-00/msg00085.html > 9. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001120a > 10. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001122a > 11. http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001119 > 12. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release-0011/msg00062.html > 13. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release-0011/msg00068.html > 14. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0011/msg01352.html > 15. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0011/msg01363.html > 16. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ > 17. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/News/2000/20001119 > 18. http://www.debianhelp.org/ > 19. http://www.webtechniques.com/wtawards/2000/index.shtml > 20. http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/frames.pl/index.html > > -- > see shy jo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >