Gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, June 26, 2014 10:20 am, Alan Jaye wrote:
> Hi Derek
>
> OK thank you for that info. It does appear that the emails have stopped
> coming through but I will continue to monitor.

Good to hear.

> Is my computer or my security effected by this attack?

No.  it's a denial-of-service attack against the GnuCash list server. 
Basically people were overloading the server and causing significant
delays.  It should not affect your computer or your security in any way.

> Regards
>
> Alan

Good Luck,


-derek

>
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:09 PM
> To: Alan Jaye
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Fw: Gnucash
>
> Alan,
>
> If you look closely at the messages you forwarded you may have noticed
> that all of them were from MONDAY, which is before you were removed from
> the list.  The list servers were under attack and that attack augmented a
> DNS failure and caused significant delays (36-48 hours!) in email
> delivery.  Unfortunately you got caught in this issue, in that your
> removal happened AFTER these messages got sent, so your address was still
> attached to these messages in the queue after you were removed.
>
> Rest assured that you HAVE been unsubscribed from the list and once the
> current queue of messages flushes out you will no longer receive any more.
>
> I apologize for the confusion; the issue only came to my attention today
> and I've spent the past 5+ hours tracking it all down and putting
> corrections into place.
>
> Again, my apologies, and good luck,
>
> -derek
>
> On Wed, June 25, 2014 5:05 am, Alan Jaye wrote:
>> Attention Liz or Colin
>>
>> Regardless of recent correspondence and despite having unsubscribed from
>> the Gnucash Forum and mailing list, I am STILL receiving emails like the
>> one below.
>>
>> PLEASE remove me from all mailing list immediately.
>>
>> Alan Jaye
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Carlson
>> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 5:52 PM
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: Gnucash
>>
>> On 6/22/2014 6:37 PM, Preston Conner wrote:
>>> I am trying to find a/the link to download Gnucash for Linux . I have
>>> an
>>> old HP Pavilion laptop that I had Linux recently installed on.  Thanks
>>> in
>>> advance !!
>>>
>>> Preston James Conner Jr.
>>> 6025151655
>>> Team "Driven By Success "
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gnucash-user mailing list
>>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>>> -----
>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>>
>> You can find help in the website.  You need to know which distro you
>> have and whether you want to use a package manager or 'roll your own'.
>> Once you are that far, come back with specific questions if you get
>> stuck.
>>
>> David C
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>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant