Techie :: Techno ::: May 2008 Archives
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While the performance of this site and most of the others on here hasn't been an issue there are one or two sites that might perform a bit better with slightly beefier hardware.
In any case I thought it was about time that I did some upgrades, as the servers could probably do with it.
The guys at XKCD have done it again!
I took delivery of some of their tshirts this morning, as well as my Top Gun tshirt
I took delivery of some of their tshirts this morning, as well as my Top Gun tshirt
Earlier today both Debian and Ubuntu maintainers announced a serious security issue with both Open SSH and Open SSL.
There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.
If you're using SSH keys you'll need to generate fresh ones, as any keys currently "in the wild" maybe vulnerable to brute force attacks.
There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.
If you're using SSH keys you'll need to generate fresh ones, as any keys currently "in the wild" maybe vulnerable to brute force attacks.
