Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-10 Thread Arun SAG 
The webhost denies poor passwords led to hack
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/vaserv_follow_up/

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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-10 Thread Karanbir Singh 

On 06/10/2009 12:07 PM, Bhargav Prasanna wrote:

I hope the cyber police get their hands on the criminals this time.

This is really disturbing. The cracker should certainly be caught. I
believe too that the cracker might have deleted all of it as it was
encrypted (which made him angry as one of the fellow luggies have
pointed out).


These are both good points, however, you need to keep in mind that he 
developers knew of these issues for a few weeks before the exploit was 
carried out and did nothing to fix it. The blame for the issue lies as 
much with the vendor as it does with anyone else.


Is that worth topping one's self over with ? almost certainly not.

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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-10 Thread Bhargav Prasanna 
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote:
> I am a person who firmly believes that suicide is not a solution. But
> I also find a disturbing pattern in suicides.  It seems to be a family
> thing (as in this case).
>
> I also feel this is an example worth citing to some of our uber-cool
> classmates who want to break into the best websites - just for the
> heck of it. This is clearly a prank gone bad. I dont get any point in
> deleting all files. Stealing some data could have had some value. But
> not deleting them. I curse those who crack into sites.
>
> I hope the cyber police get their hands on the criminals this time.

This is really disturbing. The cracker should certainly be caught. I
believe too that the cracker might have deleted all of it as it was
encrypted (which made him angry as one of the fellow luggies have
pointed out).

> Stealing the data could have some value. But not deleting them.

In some cases, deleting all the data is better than it getting stolen.
Both mean a disaster though.

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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-10 Thread Arun SAG 
>On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Ashok Gautham 
>wrote:

>  Stealing some data could have had some value. But
> not deleting them. I curse those who crack into sites.
>
>
>
They encrypted all the data inside the webserver , probably the frustrated
cracker might have deleted it as he could not gather usefull information
after cracking in. It doesn't  seems to be a random attack, its a targeted
attack.
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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-10 Thread Ashok Gautham 
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Sivasankar Chander wrote:
> Folks,
>

> successful Linux developer committed suicide in
> Bangalore today - K.T.Ligesh, founder of LxLabs,
> a Linux virtual server company apparently killed
> himself after a security vulnerability was found in
> his flagship app

I am a person who firmly believes that suicide is not a solution. But
I also find a disturbing pattern in suicides.  It seems to be a family
thing (as in this case).

I also feel this is an example worth citing to some of our uber-cool
classmates who want to break into the best websites - just for the
heck of it. This is clearly a prank gone bad. I dont get any point in
deleting all files. Stealing some data could have had some value. But
not deleting them. I curse those who crack into sites.

I hope the cyber police get their hands on the criminals this time.


---
Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham
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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-09 Thread Mohan Sundaram 
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Arun SAG wrote:
> Its spooky , suicide for exploits ?

Slashdot is carrying a story saying one hosting provider using their
software lost over 100K sites due to a hack in exploit; a result of
some bug. Still spooky but not as trivial as it sounded warlier.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-09 Thread R Rajendhran 


From: Sivasankar Chander 
To: ILUG-C 
Sent: Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 10:39:35 PM
Subject: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

Folks,

A tragic event today, following the (unrelated)
demise of Prof. Rajeev Motwani last week. A
successful Linux developer committed suicide in
Bangalore today - K.T.Ligesh, founder of LxLabs,
a Linux virtual server company apparently killed
himself after a security vulnerability was found in
his flagship app (the two events may be unrelated)..
There were apparently no financial difficulties -
police say that his bank account had "crores".

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/06/09/lxlabs_funder_death/

The Lxlabs home page as well as the product lineup
look very impressive, even by international standards.

http://lxlabs.com/

The hypervisor manager (?) that they offer looks very
polished, at least from the specs. Impressive work,
coming from a 32-year old.. Tragic event, indeed -
hits closer home than the events surrounding
Hans Reiser a few years ago.

-Siva



It's so tragic.  Virtually, it is too difficult to find a software
without vulnerability.

At his age of 32, he created a great virtualization
platform.  He could have done wonders in FOSS
if he managed his emotional feelings.

- Rajendhran


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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-09 Thread Arun SAG 
>On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Roshan George  wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 22:39 +0530, Sivasankar Chander wrote:
> > The Lxlabs home page as well as the product lineup
> > look very impressive, even by international standards.
> >
> > http://lxlabs.com/
>
> You should read the following: .
>
> It is terrible that the poor man was depressed, but that does not mean
> his software is above reproach.
> --
> Regards,
> Roshan George 
>
>
Its spooky , suicide for exploits ?

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Re: [Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-09 Thread Roshan George 
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 22:39 +0530, Sivasankar Chander wrote:
> The Lxlabs home page as well as the product lineup
> look very impressive, even by international standards.
> 
> http://lxlabs.com/

You should read the following: .

It is terrible that the poor man was depressed, but that does not mean
his software is above reproach.
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Roshan George 

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[Ilugc] Tragedy: Successful Linux developer commits suicide

2009-06-09 Thread Sivasankar Chander 
Folks,

A tragic event today, following the (unrelated)
demise of Prof. Rajeev Motwani last week. A
successful Linux developer committed suicide in
Bangalore today - K.T.Ligesh, founder of LxLabs,
a Linux virtual server company apparently killed
himself after a security vulnerability was found in
his flagship app (the two events may be unrelated).
There were apparently no financial difficulties -
police say that his bank account had "crores".

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/06/09/lxlabs_funder_death/

The Lxlabs home page as well as the product lineup
look very impressive, even by international standards.

http://lxlabs.com/

The hypervisor manager (?) that they offer looks very
polished, at least from the specs. Impressive work,
coming from a 32-year old. Tragic event, indeed -
hits closer home than the events surrounding
Hans Reiser a few years ago.

-Siva
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