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Re: Wi-Fi Bug Found in Linux

__/ [ AB ] on Monday 16 April 2007 13:38 \__

> On 2007-04-16, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 16 April 2007 09:53 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ Linonut ] on Sunday 15 April 2007 22:42 \__
>>>> 
>>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, East belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Wi-Fi Bug Found in Linux
>>>>>> A major Linux Wi-Fi driver contains a bug that can allow an attacker
>>>>>> to take control of a laptop--even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network.
>>>>>> Peter Judge, Techworld.com
>>>>>> Friday, April 13, 2007 01:00 PM PDT
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can we have a link?
>>>> 
>>>> The bug was fixed _before_ this became public. It's Madwifi, a wrapper
>>>> to Win32 binary blobs IIRC, which only comes to show why binary drivers
>>>> are unwanted.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Is this correct - this is really a Windows driver problem?
>>
>> I'm watching a lot of discussions about it ATM. The reporters are being
>> slagged off for not understanding the context, not realising it's an old
>> (and already-patched) bug, and hyping things up in general.
> 
> They were probably trained at Camp MS-COLA-Troll. They would have
> received teaching on the best shilling methods money can buy. It isn't
> their fault they're uneducated.

Don't forget that each journalist has his/her funding source. A lot of fishy
stuff has been going recently.

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/26/journalism-agenda/

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