RE: Do you know about the new "Bash Bug"?

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: , Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>
 > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 13:18:55 +0000
 >
 > I changed a user setting on Amy's Macbook so the Guest user is disabled.  Also, 
 > Remote is Admin only. This will help in case a web tries to run a bash script.

Can't you turn off all remote services?

 > I have Amy's old laptop that has Windows 8 on it.  I was thinking about 
 > replacing it with Linux Mint or should I do a dual boot with Linux Mint.
 > What do you think?

I recently had to replace my main computer, and it had Windows 8 on it.  I
did the same thing.  The problem was that it has UEFI on it.  So, I needed
to turn off Secure Boot and enable Legacy Boot to get Linux installed.
So, now, if I ever want to boot into Windows (why I would do that, I don't
know), I have to get into the BIOS and switch back to Secure Boot.

I installed the latest Linux Mint Debian Edition on it.

 >  -----Original Message-----
 > From: Robert [http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert] 
 > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 1:07 PM
 > To: Chris; Chris;, Christopher J;, Christopher J
 > Subject: Re: Do you know about the new "Bash Bug"?
 > 
 > Yep, I knew about it.  It's been all abuzz here at work.
 > 
 > All of my machines were automatically upgraded with the fix.
 > 
 >  > From: , Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>  > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 
 >  > 2014 14:58:30 +0000  >  > Here's more information:
 >  > https://www.suse.com/support/shellshock/