Pebkac flawSinegubko speculates they belong to careless administrators who allowed their root passwords to be sniffed.
Security Flaw
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Re: Security Flaw
Not really a flaw of linux:
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Re: Security Flaw
Well, if we're going by that argument than over 1/2 of Winbl0w's security breaches would be averted 
And probably ALL of *BSD's would be gone
And probably ALL of *BSD's would be gone
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Re: Security Flaw
Reason for the rise of malware on Linux?
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/10/0 ... ?art_pos=1
Sloppy admin work.
I don't really see this as a surprise as PEBKAC is easily the #1 reason problems exist on systems.
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/10/0 ... ?art_pos=1
Sloppy admin work.
I don't really see this as a surprise as PEBKAC is easily the #1 reason problems exist on systems.
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Re: Security Flaw
Not a linux only problem per se, but a big problem for SSL and HTTPS security:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000 ... 592,00.htm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000 ... 592,00.htm
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