[CoLoCo] UBUNTU SURVIVAL : SAVE THY SELF

[David Overcash]

If you could come up with a script to do that it would be EXTREMELY
beneficial to not just the ubuntuforums.org community, but also any blog
taking comments for linux newbies or any other linux help forum...

I think you should definitely write it out, then post it somewhere... we'll
email the admins for ubuntuforums.org to get it implemented and digg it up
to get the word out that your script can be used to prevent those types of
problems from arising.

Be sure to make you script dynamic (i.e. able to have new mal-script added
to a text file of some sort to be scanned).

-David

On Nov 28, 2007 9:04 AM, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:

> So,
>
> It would likely rely on regular expressions with a set list of potentially
> dangerous commands, that would be able to be updated regularly.
>
> I'm trying to throw it together right now.
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 8:52 AM, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That sounds like a great idea...
> >
> > Perhaps even introduce the newb to the use of the man pages:
> >
> > "Warning, this post may contain the following dangerous commands:
> >
> > 'rm' - used to delete files
> > 'fdisk' - used to format
> >
> > Please be wary[....] and consult the man pages by typing 'man *command'*
> > "
> >
> > Or something. You know, that way they can get a layman definition, and
> > know where to go for further resources.
> >
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2007 8:43 AM, Dave Vanderploeg <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > With any luck Ubuntu will have lots of newbs for a long time to come.
> > > Its important to find a way to protect them from mistakes or malicious
> > > users.
> > >
> > > Someone should be able to write a simple script that checks each post
> > > for dangerous commands, if you enter that thread is starts with a big red
> > > warning box that lets you know some of the code may be dangerous. The box
> > > could offer an explanation like: rm is a command used to delete file, please
> > > only run this command if you are intending to delete files
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 28, 2007 8:29 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > While this is a real problem they're dealing with on the forums,
> > > > it's mostly an over-reaction to some script-kiddies posting stuff like "sudo
> > > > rm -rf /" and people accidentally running it thinking they were serious.
> > > > (It's kind of hard to read a sarcastic tone through the forums, so newbies
> > > > all too often just try whatever options are given to them).
> > > >
> > > > -David
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 28, 2007 8:12 AM, Michael TheZorch Haney <thezorch at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > phillip tribble wrote:
> > > > > > "I'd like to take a moment of your time to discuss a recent
> > > > > disturbing
> > > > > > trend the staff has been noticing on the forums, and also take
> > > > > this as
> > > > > > an opportunity to raise awareness of this situation through
> > > > > > education." - tfa
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?a=54
> > > > > This is a double edged sword, some of those commands (not all)
> > > > > have
> > > > > their uses.  Using DD in conjunction with Gzip (not shown on the
> > > > > website) is a great way to back up floppy images when you point to
> > > > > the
> > > > > block device.  I used to do this on Unix to protect images of
> > > > > floppy
> > > > > disks.  It works with hard drive partitions and CDs also on Unix
> > > > > and
> > > > > Linux.  Some of those other commands are just plain malicious like
> > > > > the
> > > > > Fork Bomb.
> > > > >
> > > > > You know its pretty sad that these people have to try to sabotage
> > > > > people's computers because they use Ubuntu instead of Windows or
> > > > > some
> > > > > other OS.  I'm no hysterical conspiracy theorist, but this is
> > > > > something
> > > > > I could easily see Steve Balmer doing.  Considering the kind of
> > > > > unethical, school yard crap I've seen him pull before I wouldn't
> > > > > be
> > > > > surprised at all if he was behind this.
> > > > >
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