Protect Yourself From the University!

I bet you thought it was bad enough the University robs you of your money for tuition and books every year! Now this:

PuTTY 0.55, released today, fixes a serious security hole which may allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client connecting to it. In SSH2, the attack can be performed before host key verification, meaning that even if you trust the server you think you are connecting to, a different machine could be impersonating it and could launch the attack before you could tell the difference. Read: Dana Epp

Guess what client the University recommends for use? Yup! PuTTY! So protect yourself today! If you use PuTTY to connect to the UofA from home, or anywhere off campus, get the newest version here (exe). You can also get it at the official PuTTY site.

DISCLAIMER: I am not suggesting the University of Alberta actually knew about this security hole, nor that they would take advantage of it, but it does make one wonder doesn’t it? What if they were under extreme pressure to crack down on plagarism? Nifty backdoor if you ask me!