Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of lowdown-drafts-053008

Timestamp:

Jun 2, 2008, 2:59:52 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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lowdown-drafts-053008

@@ -15 +15 @@
 Debian is a free operating system that uses the GNU tools and the Linux kernel; it's the operating system we use on our servers.
 
-An exploit is a piece of code that can be used by a clever attacker to get
-access to a server and do damage, steal data or illicitly use resources.
+An exploit is a piece of code that can be used by a clever attacker to get access to a server and do damage, steal data or illicitly use resources.
 
-One other definition: an RSA key. An RSA key is a long string
-of characters that is unique to every server that provides the basis for the
-server to establish a secure, encrypted connection with computers that connect
-to it.
+One other definition: an RSA key. An RSA key is a long string of characters that is unique to every server that provides the basis for the
+server to establish a secure, encrypted connection with computers that connect to it.
 
 These software packages are developed by large numbers of people all over the world who merely contribute to them; that's what Free and Open Source Software is. Free software developers work through collaborative work systems and they communicate on-line. Most have never met each other in person.
@@ -27 +24 @@
 In this case, one person filed a report and the community's leaders  checked
 and approved it. It seems that, with the most widely-distributed version of Debian installed throughout the
-world, you can guess certain parts of the key that are supposed to be
+world, you can guess certain parts of the RSA key that are supposed to be
 generated randomly.  These means that, eventually, you may be able to guess the
-key itself.
+RSA key itself.
 
 They released a "patch" to fix this and we installed it on all servers  but,