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Screenshot of github showing part of the commit message of this commit with this text:
Remove the backdoor found in 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 (CVE-2024-3094).
While the backdoor was inactive (and thus harmless) without inserting
a small trigger code into the build system when the source package was
created, it's good to remove this anyway:
- The executable payloads were embedded as binary blobs in
the test files. This was a blatant violation of the
Debian Free Software Guidelines.
- On machines that see lots bots poking at the SSH port, the backdoor
noticeably increased CPU load, resulting in degraded user experience
and thus overwhelmingly negative user feedback.
- The maintainer who added the backdoor has disappeared.
- Backdoors are bad for security.
This reverts the following without making any other changes:
The sentence “This was a blatant violation of the Debian Free Software Guidelines” is highlighted.
Below the github screenshot is a frame of the 1998 film The Big Lebowski with the meme caption “What, are you a fucking park ranger now?” from the scene where that line was spoken.
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reminds me of the infamous NSA backdoor patch blog for Notepad++
Best part to me is “The maintainer who added the backdoor has disappeared.” implying it was removes because there’s nobody left to maintain it
I don’t get the joke
Yep, probably because it’s not funny or clever. My guess is that you look for funny and/or clever in your jokes.
Someone explained it, turns out it’s just not my kind of joke. I get it now tho
I’m still lost… I’ve been following the XZ thing since it broke, so I get the context, but I’m not sure how the meme at the bottom is connected?
On the photo you see a violation of rules listed as one of the reasons this commit is made. Because it’s at the top the meme creator is presuming that’s their main priority.
And they disagree with that, so they’re calling them a “park ranger”. I’m guessing they’re alluding to an old but common media presentation of park rangers being childish about rules.
I get the joke with that it looks a bit odd to put that reason at the top of the list, but their response I find more unkind than funny
It’s a scene from The Big Lebowski, right after The Dude got tortured with a marmot by German nihilists. Walter focuses on the legality of keeping a marmot as a pet, which is obviously not the main issue.
Yea, I’ve seen that kind of humour in my grandpa’s movies sometimes too. Not my thing
The Big Lebowski is the pinnacle of humour! Now get off my lawn!
Seriously. If you are going to do it, write in assembly or something else no one understands.
Tbh jia tan really wasn’t lucky some mf at Microsoft noticed a 500ms delay in ssh. The backdoor was so incredibely clever and Well hidden and ingenious i almost feel bad for him lmao
