From: Farley Flud Subject: Re: Check If Your Distro Is Vulnerable To XZ Backdoor Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <17c1daf1b743b4f8$156268$3716115$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 31 Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!tr3.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:45:41 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:45:41 +0000 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Message-Id: <17c270b771c4afe1$96665$3081049$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> X-Received-Bytes: 2034 Bytes: 2161 On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 01:05:18 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Unless you need to remote into your computer, sshd isnt /neccesary/. > > I do that all the time. It’s a handy way to mirror things between, say, my > main workstation and my laptop, via rsync. > Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a clown! Only a total idiot would use an encrypted link to transfer data between machines located 20 feet apart (or less) and both of which are presumably under his control. Do you see bogey men hiding under your sofa? Rsync by itself is quite sufficient. In fact, on my local network, I use GNU inetutils to perform actions that are all in the clear, i.e. no encryption. That's because I do not hallucinate bogey men. Note that GNU inetutils is no longer offered by most distros. You obviously have a lot of paranoiac brethren. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!