[ale] backdoor

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Friday 21 November 2003 10:25 am, Preston Boyington wrote:
> As I am trying to catch up on my email I came across someone speaking of a
> "recent backdoor discovery in the kernel programme"
>
> Anyone care to enlighten me on this?  I am in the process of work/moving
> and haven't had adequate "computer time" to look this up.

A CVS mirror of the bitkeeper kernel archive was cracked and a backdoor 
inserted.  Few people use that server and the breakin was discovered quickly, 
so I am not worried about that particular incident affecting me.

Michael