Fun fact: The only thing I’ve ever used xz for directly is to run a process that causes CPU activity for performance testing.
xz -6c /dev/urandom > /dev/null &
Run that once for each CPU core you have and listen to your fans spin up to full speed.
Fun fact: The only thing I’ve ever used `xz` for directly is to run a process that causes CPU activity for performance testing.
```
xz -6c /dev/urandom > /dev/null &
```
Run that once for each CPU core you have and listen to your fans spin up to full speed.
Looks like you dodged a bullet there. It seems like a lot of people could have been caught out by this.
What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/
Looks like you dodged a bullet there. It seems like a lot of people could have been caught out by this.
What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/
I only dodged this because my distro didn’t happen to upgrade to this version of xz. My machines run OpenSSH like almost everyone’s and they use xz under the hood.
I only dodged this because my distro didn’t happen to upgrade to this version of xz. My machines run OpenSSH like almost everyone’s and they use xz under the hood.
Accidentally got it right still counts :p
Accidentally got it right still counts :p
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