Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! Sad indeed, but I'd like to know how these machines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Chris Rowson
alan c wrote: Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! I think that too much is being made of the 'Ubuntu'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: alan c wrote: Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! I think that too much is being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew East
On 16/08/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Press fodder. Set them up high and then knock 'em down. It makes news on the way up, and also on the way down. As Ubuntu gets higher profiles as I am sure It will, it is going to happen much more. A tribute to growing fame. I would be a bit happier

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread alan c
Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! I was recently trying to reduce my ignorance about security by asking questions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread Jim Kissel
alan c wrote: Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! It was a case of self inflected injuries. Using FTP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread alan c
Jim Kissel wrote: alan c wrote: Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! It was a case of self inflected