[ale] Well, this does nothing for the reputation of Linux

[Jeff Hubbs]

Furthermore, vBulletin looks like a separate, for-pay product.  I guess 
this particular flaw would have been there no matter what the host 
platform OS was.

On 7/21/13 5:05 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> FACEBOOK IS SECURE?!?!?!?! when did that happen?
>
> PHP, according to many security people far more knowledgeable than me, 
> continues to suffer from design flaws in the core. Now add in the 
> rampant proliferation of poorly coded add-ons and you get the mess 
> that is PHP. It make Java look good.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Andy Borgmann <andy at borgmann.me 
> <mailto:andy at borgmann.me>> wrote:
>
>     Where do you see this being a PHP non-security.  It sounds like it
>     was an updated version of vBulletin's admin panel that had a
>     security flaw.  Even if vBulletin is coded in PHP, I don't see why
>     blaming PHP as a whole is warranted in this case and not just
>     vBulletin.  PHP seems secure enough or Facebook.
>
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>
>     On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:47 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com
>     <mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>> wrote:
>
>         On 07/21/2013 01:27 PM, James Taylor wrote:
>         > Ubuntu is a linux distro, isn't it?
>         > I keep forgetting because it keeps looking so much like a
>         Microsoft product....
>         > -jt
>         >
>         >
>         >>>> Edward Holcroft <eholcroft at mkainc.com
>         <mailto:eholcroft at mkainc.com>> 7/21/2013   12:49 PM >>>
>         > If this was Microsoft I'd be snickering about their poor
>         security ... not
>         > good at all.
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-forum-hacked-users-advised-to-change-passwords
>         >
>
>         This is less about Linux security and more about php
>         non-security.  Talk to
>         security pros about php. It was an eye opener for me.
>
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