Netcraft: SCO Issues OpenSSL Patch, 10 Months Late | Linux Today

Netcraft: SCO Issues OpenSSL Patch, 10 Months Late

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2005

“While The SCO Group has become famed for its Linux-related
lawsuits, its corporate motto continues to be ‘The Power of Unix.’;
but SCO customers might be forgiven for thinking that it should be
‘The Power of Unpatched Unix.’

“On Thursday SCO issued a security advisory announcing the
release of UnixWare patches for flaws in OpenSSL that could leave
secure servers open to denial of service attacks. The only problem
is that the flaw was made public more than 10 months ago…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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