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Some twenty odd years ago Linux Torvalds started an operating system to be open and challenge the proprietary computing world with the email that changed the world. Everyone took Linus's workand turned linux into an open source empire. You can not blame Linux for being a proud father to the linux world. Many linux dostro copies have spreaad all over the world/ To see just a few examples, go to www.distrowatch.com Thanx, Linus

So many have blogged or left a message on the web at such places as Google+, this is probably old news. :(){:|:& };: env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test envX='(){(a)=>\'bash -c echo "echo date"; cat echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per ArsTechnica: Security vulnerability in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash), the command-line shell used in many Linux and Unix operating systems, could leave systems running those operating systems open to exploitation by specially crafted attacks. “This issue is especially dangerous as there are many possible ways Bash can be called by an application,” a Red Hat security advisory warned. The bug , discovered by Stephane Schazelas , is related to how Bash processes environmental variables passed by the operating system or by a program calling a Bash-based script. If Bash has been configured as the default system shell, it...