[OT] Hackers break into Linux kernel home

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On 09/02/2011 12:23 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
> <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> How to prevent being attacked?
>>>
>>> That's an entirely different question. Not running any public facing
>>> services that you don't really need, would be the best place to start.
>>
>> Disable eth & wlan. Implement sneakernet.
>> --
>> --- Dave Woyciesjes
> 
> From Wiki for non-native English (tentative) speakers (like me):
> 
> "Sneakernet is an informal term describing the transfer of electronic
> information, especially computer files, by physically couriering
> removable media such as magnetic tape, floppy disks, compact discs,
> USB flash drives, or external hard drives from one computer to
> another"
> 
> How didn't I think of it before... Anyone with some spare floppies to lend?
> 
> L.
> 

Good luck with that:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/441835?comments=all>