Re: Security, Linux and the Roving Bug

"CptDondo" <yan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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 Cassandra wrote:
:
: >
: > This issue is about a bug in Linux.  This is about a known bug in
Linux
: > that's been hanging around for months.  It is a bug a known bug in
Linux
: > that's been hanging around for months that has not been fixed.  This
is
: > about a security hole in Linux.  Windows is not the issue here.  This
is
a Linux
: > problem and not a Windows problem.
: >
: >
:
: Huh?
:
: It seems to be more a bug in the cell-phone protocol/hardware. Or
: possibly a hardware mod to the cell phones.  I can well imagine the cell
: phone companies would have a way to update the firmware in your phone
: remotely.
:
: Nothing to say that it's due to linux being on the phone.

The features of the phone such are the way the firmware is updated are
executed by Linux.
The vulnerability on these phones is a result of Linux.
The Roving Bug is a huge security hole in these phones.
Its presents and exploitation is facilitated by Linux.