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		bigiain on July 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured ... Personally, I reckon that applies at least as much (if not more) to the devs installing random software packages onto internet connected and un-firewalled servers - as it does to database developers who document clearly that their software is not intended and is actively unsafe to install on directly internet connected servers... Cave ne recipiens donum...

dredmorbius on July 27, 2020 [–]

If a thing should not be run in a given configuration then it should not be runnable in that configuration.

The vendor / developer has both awareness and capability to ensure this.

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