[wp-forums] Security again

Vicki Frei vkaryl at localnet.com
Sat Mar 4 03:26:51 GMT 2006


On 3/3/2006 8:21:58 PM, Petit (petit at petitpub.com) wrote:
> On 3/3/06, Petit <petit at petitpub.com> wrote:
> 
> >>http://wordpress.org/support/topic/63115/page/2
> >>Post 49 by masquerade shows some good examples of directory listings,
> >>and I think maybe this could blow up in our faces if nothing is done.
> >>
> >>
> >Robert Deaton wrote:
> >
> >You'll have to excuse me (and I think this is the first time I've ever
> >said something like this on a list, but...) this whole damn thing is
> >beeing blown way out of proportion, and whooami and marke1 are just
> >people who are out to piss us all off and cause unnecessary FUD,..
> >
> There is resistance in the world to the rumors, for example here.
> WildBits writes about getting traffic from "Security holes in WordPress"
> http://www.wildbits.de/2006/03/02/sicherheitslucke-in-wordpress/
> 
> "Wer sich solchermaßen böswillig als Administrator verhält, hat in der
> Tat eine Sicherheitslücke. Nur das die nicht in WordPress sitzt, sondern
> zwischen seinen Ohren. Besonders schämen sollten sich alle Panikmacher,
> die sich auf den schlecht recherchierten Artikel von heise.de beziehen.
> Dieser erschien heute, der Beitrag von Robert Deaton ist von gestern –
> aber trotzdem aktuell. Mit etwas mehr Sorgfalt wäre der sicher vor der
> Veröffentlichung einer „K

Well, the other thing we ALL have to remember is that some folks have their own 
agendas - whooami for one, and masquerade for a surety for another.  And I'd bet 
on marke1 as well having an "unpure" agenda....

But I'm well known for being not only extremely suspicious but a vindictive 
bitch.... so there you are.  I never believe the best of anyone.

V


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