On 23/07/13 17:39, Hans Witvliet wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Ubuntu Forum hacked Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:50:04 +1000
On 23/07/13 15:46, Basil Chupin wrote:
The Ubuntu Forum was hacked a couple of days ago-
http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html
which led to a discussion about how secure Linux actually is.
A question arises in my mind is: how vulnerable are our mailing lists/forum(s) seeing as how openSUSE MLs are also using vBulletin (an earlier version than the Ubuntu one, BTW). More discussion led to this URL-
With regards to this last URL, how does openSUSE fair? I just looked at the archive for opensuse-security mail list (and subscribed to it) but for the month of July only see some fixes to what appear to be apps from 'third parties'.
Is openSUSE 'watertight'? :-)
BC
Correction to the above: I meant to write "as how openSUSE forum(s) are also using vBulletin....". Sorry about that.
-----Original Message----- Hi Basil, Don't think a lot of people _here_ can tell you about the (security-)backgrounds of the openSUSE-forums...
With linux/bsd in general, the weakest link remains PEBKAC: If you don't apply, or even disable, security measures, or don't keep your system up-2-date, you deliberately increases the always remaining risc.
Regarding sles/opensuse, openbsd specifically, they have a better reputation regarding security.
Having said that, i am aware that certain packages (mainly web CMS's) have a history of also increasing the risk of being defaced ;-) If you publically use powerful tools (ploone, joomla, typo, java, etc ) you have to follow their security announcements constantly, or it will be used against you....
hw Right, and thanks for the info. I am glad that openSUSE has a better reputation re security.
BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.11.0 & kernel 3.10.3-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org