From 522073654d97c389692a41fb484621df156d7044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:29:07 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] IRC/Supybot: mention Ubuntu IRC bots, which were also taken down with one of these issues some times. --- IRC/Supybot.html | 7 +++++-- IRC/Supybot.html.md | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/IRC/Supybot.html b/IRC/Supybot.html index 2020ccd..84228ef 100644 --- a/IRC/Supybot.html +++ b/IRC/Supybot.html @@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ Security issues of Supybot

Of course they are. They have been reported to

  1. Ubuntu, issue 1 and issue 2

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  2. Debian, issue 1 and issue 2

    3. -

  3. to their IRC channel.

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  4. Debian, issue 1 and issue 2.

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The first issue has been also used to take down some of Ubuntu IRC bots several times. At least UbotX (I don't remember the number) and meetingology.

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  1. to their IRC channel.

Some of them are fixed in git repository, but most people aren't using it.

How to avoid them?

diff --git a/IRC/Supybot.html.md b/IRC/Supybot.html.md index 7a66bd3..d7134b9 100644 --- a/IRC/Supybot.html.md +++ b/IRC/Supybot.html.md @@ -64,12 +64,16 @@ What does this mean? Anyone can tell the bot to ghost someone else on same accou [issue 1]:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supybot/+bug/996947 [issue 2]:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supybot/+bug/996950 -2. [Debian], [issue 1] and [issue 2] +2. [Debian], [issue 1] and [issue 2]. [Debian]:http://debian.org/ [issue 1]:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672214 [issue 2]:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672215 +The first issue has been also used to take down some of [Ubuntu IRC bots] several times. At least UbotX (I don't remember the number) and meetingology. + +[Ubuntu IRC bots]:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Bots + 3. to their IRC channel. Some of them are fixed in git repository, but most people aren't using it.