<p dir="ltr">Ha! Well sung, er, um, mangled.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 18, 2015 11:37 PM, "Alex Carver" <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wheel of vulnerabilities turn, turn, turn. Give us the lesson that we<br>
should learn.<br>
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On 2015-12-18 20:04, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> On Dec 18, 2015 7:14 PM, "Leam Hall" <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Well, the F5 BigIPs were BSD then Linux. Cisco Nexus switches are also<br>
> running Linux. I think its a done deal. A while back I was looking at some<br>
> big Sun hardware controllers, like the DELL DRAC. It ran Linux.<br>
>><br>
>> What bothers me is they are often viewed as "an appliance" and never get<br>
> patched or secured.<br>
><br>
> And THAT will be ignored as it become a 'Linux failure'. The corollary to<br>
> "publish early and often" is "patch early and often".<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 12/18/15 19:03, DJ-Pfulio wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/18/2015 06:20 PM, Alex Carver wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Not realizing the issue for 6 years? Srsly?<br>
>>><br>
>>> So we can't trust Juniper, Cisco, Netgear, TL-link, ... there are only a<br>
> few<br>
>>> left. Looks like building our own network routers and switches with BSD<br>
> or<br>
>>> Linux will be the only way going forward.<br>
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