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Message Subject Linux flaw allows hackers to hijack your internet communications - unpatched since 2012!
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The part I put in bold previously made you sound like a Windows user trying to bash (no pun intended) Linux because of a vulnerability.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72784901

I am a Windows user and I am bashing Linux because it's laughable that this vulnerability has been unpatched since 2012.

"Linux is secure" they said.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72796598


Okay dear Windoze user, let's compare.

Windows XP, was released on August 24, 2001. Security flaws that affect all versions ox XP were still being found and fixed right up until extended support ended on April 8, 2014.
That means certain vulnerabilities were just sitting there for over 12 years!!!!!

Of course support for XP has ended, so no more fixes coming down the pipe, but, many of the vulnerabilities found (and fixed) in later windows versions are also present in XP, to be ignored forever by Microsoft.

So I guess 4 years for a Linux bug isn't so bad, not to mention that the fix will be back-ported to all affected Linux versions.

Enjoy your Windoze, it's good for you!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72748728


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh no you didn't! But he did, folks! He did!

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