SETI@Home has a new security update for folks who run their search-radio-telescope-records-for-signs-of-extraterrestrial-intelligence screen saver. Seems there’s a security flaw that could allow outside computers to put files onto your computer. Maybe. G’head and download it anyway.
[Required humorous references to alien invaders omitted.]
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Thanks for the heads up, Dave. I was part way through result #855 and had to scrap it, but better safe than hacked. *Sigh*.
Well, the individual packets are pretty quick to be processed, so I wouldn’t worry too much about what analysis was lost.