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Smug Linux users take heed
AndyPix
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in Techie Stuff
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/10/linux_tor_users_open_corrupted_communications/
"Essentially, it can be done easily by anyone in the world where an attack machine is in a network that allows IP spoofing. The only piece of information that is needed is the pair of IP addresses (for victim client and server), which is fairly easy to obtain."
OOPS
"Essentially, it can be done easily by anyone in the world where an attack machine is in a network that allows IP spoofing. The only piece of information that is needed is the pair of IP addresses (for victim client and server), which is fairly easy to obtain."
OOPS
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Workaround, patch and move on. The World didn't collapse over Heartbleed.
Also in the news:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/microsoft-secure-boot-firmware-snafu-leaks-golden-key/Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.0 -
Fightsback wrote: »
Yeah i saw that , That kind of stuff is almost expected of microsoft these days !!
But flaws in Linux kernel ??!! Heven forbid0
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