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

[, Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>]

You're right in that it would be a good idea to turn off remote services on the 
macbook.

Thanks for the information about turning off the Secure Boot before installing 
Linux Mint.

 -----Original Message-----
From: Robert [http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:06 AM
To: Chris; Chris;, Christopher J;, Christopher J
Subject: RE: Do you know about the new "Bash Bug"?

 > 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.