OpenSSH vulnerability?

[Tom Buskey]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Michael ODonnell <
michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:

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> >> 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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It hasn't worked agains MS yet...
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