<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:47 PM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 07/21/2013 01:27 PM, James Taylor wrote:<br>
> Ubuntu is a linux distro, isn't it?<br>
> I keep forgetting because it keeps looking so much like a Microsoft product....<br>
> -jt<br>
><br>
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</div><div class="im">>>>> Edward Holcroft <<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>> 7/21/2013 12:49 PM >>><br>
> If this was Microsoft I'd be snickering about their poor security ... not<br>
> good at all.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-forum-hacked-users-advised-to-change-passwords" target="_blank">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-forum-hacked-users-advised-to-change-passwords</a><br>
><br>
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</div>This is less about Linux security and more about php non-security. Talk to<br>
security pros about php. It was an eye opener for me.<br>
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