Thanks, Sam. That's very reassuring! The press does tend to hype things rather!!
Andrew On 26 Sep 2014, at 9:26 am, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew > > There's actually very little you can do to mitigate this. Bash is built into > every unix-based OS there is so until there's a patch released, there are a > lot of vulnerable devices out there. Anything running Linux (including > Android), OS X, ironically anything except Windows could potentially be > affected but only if access is available over the internet. > > Over your standard broadband connection your router would block any remote > access commands, so most people generally are safe. > > Regards > > Sam > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 26 Sep 2014, at 09:09, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. Just heard about this on the radio. Is it as severe / worrying as it is >> being reported - or is it, once again, being blown out of all proportion by >> the media? And are then any steps I should take or patches? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
