Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Time	Event
3:12p	How Linux got to be Linux: Test driving 1993-2003 distros (opensource.com) Here's an exercise in nostalgia: opensource.com looks at a bunch of old distributions. "Debian is now famous for its package management system, but there are mere hints of that in this early release. The dpkg command exists, but it's an interactive menu-based system—a sort of clunky aptitude, with several layers of menu selections and, unsurprisingly, a fraction of available packages. Even so, you can sense the convenience factor in the design concept. You download three floppy images and end up with a bootable system, and then use a simple text menu to install more goodies." (Comment on this)
6:00p	Security advisories for Tuesday Debian has updated tor (denial of service). Debian-LTS has updated tor (denial of service). Fedora has updated freeipa (F25: two vulnerabilities), game-music-emu (F25: multiple vulnerabilities), openjpeg2 (F25: two vulnerabilities), and xen (F25: multiple vulnerabilities). Red Hat has updated kernel (RHEL5: use after free) and xen (RHEL5: privilege escalation). Scientific Linux has updated kernel (SL5: use after free) and xen (SL5: privilege escalation). SUSE has updated dnsmasq (SLE11-SP4: denial of service). Ubuntu has updated samba (three vulnerabilities). (Comment on this)
6:52p	A security update from the Freenode infrastructure team A freenode volunteer identified a suspected compromise of their e-mail accounts, which could have provided an unauthorized user with limited access to some data sent through internal e-mail systems. "Naturally, we instigated audit procedures immediately so as to ensure the security of the production network and accompanying infrastructure. The investigation is ongoing, but at this time we have no reason to believe that any other unauthorised access was gained. Nevertheless, in the interests of transparency and security for our users, we wish to notify anyone who may have been affected." It is recommended that you change your Freenode password as a precaution. (Thanks to Paul Wise) (Comment on this)

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