[OS:N:] ftp.gnu.org compromised

Kevin Cole <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:05:41 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.org.open-source-now
Organization	Gallaudet Research Institute
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

This seemed important enough to spread around.

Source:  http://ftp.gnu.org/MISSING-FILES.README
Created: 13-Aug-2003 15:11

<quote>
                                 Summary

   * gnuftp, the FTP server for the GNU project was root compromised.

   * After substantial investigation, we don't believe that any GNU
     source has been compromised.

   * To be extra-careful, we are verifying known, trusted secure
     checksums of all files before putting them back on the FTP site.

</quote>

If you download gnu source tools, it would be wise to see if the second
statement changes.

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