__/ [ Linonut ] on Sunday 15 April 2007 22:42 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, East belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Wi-Fi Bug Found in Linux
>> A major Linux Wi-Fi driver contains a bug that can allow an attacker to
>> take control of a laptop--even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network.
>> Peter Judge, Techworld.com
>> Friday, April 13, 2007 01:00 PM PDT
>
> Can we have a link?
The bug was fixed _before_ this became public. It's Madwifi, a wrapper to
Win32 binary blobs IIRC, which only comes to show why binary drivers are
unwanted.
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