[ale] close to home

[Jonathan Glass]

They didn't steal any batteries...they just let out the magic smoke!

<singing> who let the dawgs out!?</singing>

Jonathan G.

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 14:56, Matthew Brown wrote:
> I guess I'm just a little surprised that UGA is using computers at all.  Are
> you sure it was compromised or maybe it just ran out of batteries?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of J.M.
> Taylor
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:26 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] close to home
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> 
> <first grade teacher voice> Maybe we should _all_ think about this
> incident...just because we run Linux, doesn't mean we're necessarily safe
> unless we keep ourselves up on patches and understand the dangers
> involved.</voice>
> 
> This is worrisome business, I just hope that not only UGA but the university
> system at large realizes that yes, it can happen to them and they *need* to
> take security seriously.  But I'm not holding my breath.
> 
> jenn
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Jonathan Glass
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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