http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/how-the-mpaas-university-toolkit-got-taken-down/ Xubuntu Tips and Tricks Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/how-the-mpaas-university-toolkit-got-taken-down/#comment-16892 Peter Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:32:56 +0000 http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/how-the-mpaas-university-toolkit-got-taken-down/#comment-16892 I saw the article on Digg and I looked into it a bit. The Digg article claimed that the MPAA was violating copyright law, which is possible. But the major issue was that the Toolkit opened a major vulnerability to university systems. Xubuntu, to my knowledge, is quite secure, but the MPAA had opened a back door so it could check in and update whenever it wanted. It just didn't do it right and left the door open to anyone who knew it was there. Very scary stuff. And for my part, I don't want Xubuntu associated with the MPAA. The two really are at odds with each other, philosophically speaking. I saw the article on Digg and I looked into it a bit. The Digg article claimed that the MPAA was violating copyright law, which is possible. But the major issue was that the Toolkit opened a major vulnerability to university systems. Xubuntu, to my knowledge, is quite secure, but the MPAA had opened a back door so it could check in and update whenever it wanted. It just didn’t do it right and left the door open to anyone who knew it was there. Very scary stuff. And for my part, I don’t want Xubuntu associated with the MPAA. The two really are at odds with each other, philosophically speaking.

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