OpenSSH vulnerability?

Michael ODonnell michael.odonnell at comcast.net
Thu Jul 9 16:03:46 EDT 2009




>> I'm not sure how widespread it is, but I know that ANHosting
>> (MidPhase) is blocking it entirely.  And they've got no ETA for
>> when they'll put it back so far.  I guess they're waiting for
>> details and patches about the exploit to be released...  ugh.
>
> HostGator has disabled OpenSSH support for now.  No ETA for
> restoration either.

Hey!  cool - if this FUD approach is so effective maybe we can
use it to rid the world of some other scourges.  Like what if we
very coyly insinuated that there *might* be one or two flaws in
Microsoft Windows that could allow millions of machines to become
enslaved in botnets controlled by genuinely malicious people who
rent them out to others bent on causing actual measurable harm?

Sssshhhh!   we could provide details but we're not gonna, cuz
it's a secret...
 


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