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TL;DR there was a backdoor found in the XZ program. All major distros have been updated but it is recommended that you do a fresh install on systems that are exposed to the internet and that had the bad version of the program. Only upstream distros were affected.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They mean a variant you use in a stable, like to run an automatic feeder for horses. According to Ars Technica, however, you are not to use it in your production stable.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Yeah, screw em. I use mine to produce lots of stuff.
I try to avoid producing too much manure though.

I think lots of IT people have an extremely limited experience of what it is to produce something.
I mean if opening a ssh hole to the whole world to fuck with is an important part of what they consider "production" - well I'm not really into those types of websites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

yes, like my marriage