Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoMicrosoft is withdrawing support for older printers' driverswww.which.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is withdrawing support for older printers' driverswww.which.co.ukBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoJust a heads up some of those old drivers are just encapsulated perl scripts with root access. Easy network target for bad actors.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoInteresting. I wonder if it’d be practical to containerize them by default.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoOh my god please don’t make me have to debug docker or k8s printer drivers
Just a heads up some of those old drivers are just encapsulated perl scripts with root access. Easy network target for bad actors.
Interesting. I wonder if it’d be practical to containerize them by default.
Oh my god please don’t make me have to debug docker or k8s printer drivers