RE: [TCLUG:16642] Backdoor Password in Red Hat Linux Virtual Server Package

["Bjornson, Matt" <mbjornson@techies.com>]

Red Hat released this yesterday...old news

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 9:01 AM
To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
Subject: RE: [TCLUG:16642] Backdoor Password in Red Hat Linux Virtual
Server Package


>just because it's on /. doesn't meen it's valid
>
>Thank You,
>        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

Exactly!  Never rely on /. for valid news, because:

1) It's usually not valid.
2) It's usually not news.

;P

I remember the Microsoft IIS4 "netscapeengineersareweenies" "backdoor"
that /. made a fiasco about - but didn't exist.

Slashdot is a moderately fun, mostly sensationalist website that often
has interesting news.  However, most of my tech news these days I read
hours/days before it gets to Slashdot.  Slashdot just keeps it all in one
nice place for you.  :)

Nick Reinking