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Ubuntu Linux Forums Hacked -- IP Address, Username, Email of 2M Accounts Compromised
by Peter Reutemann 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

'Canonical announced on Friday that Ubuntu forums have been hacked. The company adds that data such as IP address, username, and email address of over two million users have been compromised. BetaNews reports: Keep in mind, this does not mean that the operating system has experienced a vulnerability or weakness. The only thing affected are the online forums that people use to discuss the OS. Still, such a hack is embarrassing as it happened due to Canonical's failure to install a patch. In a blog post, Jane Silber, Chief Executive Officer, Canonical said, "after some initial investigation, we were able to confirm there had been an exposure of data and shut down the Forums as a precautionary measure. Deeper investigation revealed that there was a known SQL injection vulnerability in the Forumrunner add-on in the Forums which had not yet been patched."' -- source: https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/07/15/1533236 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

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Quote Of The Week?
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

“People with older PCs upgraded to Windows 10 and held onto them. Microsoft didn’t expect that number to be so high.” <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/15/one_in_five_consumers_used_free_win…>

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GNU Nano Fork
by rowan schischka 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

from the very end of the article posted: "It seems the argument came down to licensing rules, because an idea of moving Nano to Github was incompatible with the GNU license." Can someone please explain this statement to me? I am completely out of the loop in understanding this. -- Kind Regards Rowan Schischka

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Court Says Microsoft Does Not Need To Respond To US Warrant For Overseas Data
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

You may have heard of the ongoing case where the US FBI is demanding Microsoft turn over data held on servers in Ireland. The US Government is claiming that, because the Irish operation is under the control of Microsoft’s headquarters in the US, that it falls under US jurisdiction and so the company can be compelled to turn over the data with nothing more than a warrant issued by a US court. The appeals court has disagreed <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160714/10134734971/huge-win-court-says-…>. The peculiar thing is, there are already international arrangements under which the US can ask the Irish Government to request one of their courts to order the surrender of the data. But they don’t seem to want to do that.

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Microsoft Still “Supporting” Windows RT
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Microsoft blocks a “security hole” on Windows RT tablets that might have allowed users to run alternative operating systems <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt_unlock_loopho…>.

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New Skype for Linux client released, built on Web technology
by Peter Reutemann 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

'A new Skype for Linux client is now available as an alpha. The Skype client for Linux had been long abandoned—it's stuck on version 4.3, compared to version 7 on Windows—but Microsoft has now belatedly recognized that Skype is at its most desirable when it's available on every platform. To that end, it has created an all-new Skype client. In fact, the new client has two versions. There's a Linux app for users of traditional Linux systems. There's also the Skype Web Client, which is supported in Chrome on Linux and Chromebooks running Chrome OS. Whether using the Web or the standalone app, the core code and capabilities are the same: it's using Chrome's WebRTC support to provide a plugin-free, Web-based Skype client.' -- source: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/skype-for-linux-is-re… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

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Re: [wlug] puppy or qubes
by Michelle 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

After my last post, either that night or early next morning I realized I should have said a thank you to some folk. So to all those that shared information in an effort to help me.....Thank you. People at this LUG may indeed be right about puppy, I don't know. Here is an article about that policeman and puppy and banking: www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-police-don't-use-windows-for-internet-banking-157767 So going off that article it would seem that any live distro that fits on RAM is safe for banking. Now as for Ian. It is intetesting to at least me. Many/most people don't move away from where they were born/bought up in. wwwpewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stays-put-wheres-home/ So a person could be getting sh*t from someine online that they babysitted. I find that ironic. No I'm not going off that article but rather family happenings bought me to that article. Anyway .....Ian. After Ian had a go at me last month for no reason: list.Waikato ac.nz/pipermail/wlug/2016-June/014171.html (I hope those two last addresses are correct after the effort it takes to type them on this finicky phone) If a person is bought to court, they never wear a shirt saying 'I am guilty'. Usually the jurry/judge has to go off circumstancial evidence. The most important point with Ian is that he had just had a YELLING RANT. Now when someone finishes a yellining rant, are they most likely to go: 1. Now who can I help or 2. Who will I have a go at next?. So anyway I'm having to type this out on my finicky little phone, because I Haven't had the privilege yet of buying a new computer yet that I know will work. So this isn't his entire post:wlug/2016-June/014171. But you can just go to last month if you're interested. So the next point of interest is that the very next thing that he "says to me' after his attack on me last month was this latest.....um stuff. "NOW WHAT ABOUT TRIMMING THOSE POSTS!!! OTHERWISE I MAY BE FORCED TO DIG OUT SOME ARCHAIC INTERNET ETIQUETTE FAQ AND POST IT IN FULL ALL IN CAPS. Just joshing people. But puhleeze???! A word for Michelle and the quest for perfection. Sometimes in this life there is a dichotomy between what we wish for and what we can actually accomplish. Maybe near enough is good enough. Is there actually such a thing as complete security on the internet? Possibly, but probably not for the average citizen. "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." Scott McNealy, formerly of Sun Microsystems. Sad but probably true" So about me and my quest for perfection: UN my post this month I said: "Well I give up. I have tried for months and invested dozens of hours to get a machine that runs qubes and it hasn't happened..... If nobody is prepared to do that it is more than fine . I will just buy a computer that runs a windows legacy os." Now I'm sorry, perhaps I missed the part there about "my quest for perfection ." Saying to to someone there "quest for perfection" well, whether that is taken taken as condescending or resemble depends on who said it, how they said it and when they said it.Vin this cade is was by a guy who had just insulted me and had just come of an angry rant! U think there were other things I wanted to mention about Ian but I can't remember. If I am amazingly wrong about Ian's intentions this time then so be it be he completely bought it upon his own head. On 2016-07-06 20:21, Peter Reutemann wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Michelle <michelle400(a)orcon.net.nz> >> wrote: >>> Puppy was recommended by a police officer. I think he was doing >>> banking for >>> the police maybe? >> >> Don't trust the filth. Surprised they even realize what Linux is. > > Please keep it civil! > > [...] > >>> So unless someone is willing to help in a hands on way, I don't want >>> anymore >>> help. Thanks anyway. >> >> Suggested it before, will suggest one last time. Show up to Te Ata on >> a Monday or Friday morning and someone from there will help. >> >> I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help but I really tried. Now to trim. > > If you read Michelle's emails again, you will see that she is not well > enough to travel. Therefore your offer is not an option. > > Cheers, Peter

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Still life in Puppy take two
by Ian Young 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Oh dear, what an aberrant keystroke will do. Moving on .... While it is probably mandatory to scorn Puppy, and indeed Puppy is but a pale shadow of its former self post the retirement of Barry Kauler, a few steadfast souls continue to produce useful variants Including one called Slacko. http://slacko.eezy.xyz/notes.php http://blog.puppylinux.com/ I am excited to announce the release of Puppy Linux Slacko 6.3.2. It is available in 32 bit and 64 bit versions. This might be called a bugfix release to Slacko 6.3.0 but it is so much more than that! This is the first ever official puppy to support UEFI booting for both for 32 and 64 bit versions and the same ISO image will boot legacy BIOS PCs as well. And there is so much more that is improved, such as the theming, sound detection, firewall, default application management plus our home grown apps such as pMusic. It is still based on upstream 14.1 but has all the latest security and bugfix updates. There is much more going on here than a point release can convey that is why we have given it 2 points! The official release announcement is available for 32 bit and 64 bit. For more information you can visit the release notes page and the download page. I Hope you enjoy using Slacko! Posted on 22 Jun 2016, 21:22 by 01micko

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Still life in Puppy
by Ian Young 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

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Firefox Bringing Rust Code Into Production
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

<http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-48-First-Rust-Code> Rust is a programming language that is designed to make it harder to commit the kinds of stuffups that lead to crashes and security bugs. So the proof of the pudding will be whether future versions of Firefox will turn out to be more reliable and secure.

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