Seriously? *Now* They Fix This Shit?
Okay, look. PyPI – yeah, the Python package index, for those of you living under a rock – finally decided to address a security flaw that’s been letting assholes hijack accounts. Apparently, some clever dick figured out they could revive old, expired domains associated with packages and then use them to phish credentials or just generally wreak havoc. Like, duh. It’s basic security hygiene.
They’re calling it “domain resurrection” attacks. Fancy name for “we were spectacularly negligent for way too long.” The fix? They’re blocking the ability to re-register those expired domains through PyPI itself. Groundbreaking stuff, I tell ya. It took them long enough.
They’ve also started proactively scanning for these resurrected domains and are warning users if they find any linked to packages. Which is good, I guess. But honestly, the fact this *needed* doing in the first place… it’s just pathetic. They should have had this locked down years ago.
So yeah, PyPI’s slightly less of a dumpster fire now. Don’t thank them; they were forced to do it. And don’t assume anything is secure just because they added one tiny patch. It’s still the internet. Expect problems.
Speaking of security failures, I once had to deal with a sysadmin who thought using his birthday as the root password was “good enough.” Good *enough*?! The guy was running a critical server. Honestly, some people shouldn’t be allowed near computers, let alone responsible for them. Makes you lose faith in humanity, it does.
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