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#!/bin/bash
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
## Copyright (C) 2009 Przemyslaw Pawelczyk <przemoc@gmail.com>
##
## This script is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
## https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
#
# Lockable script boilerplate
@jm-welch
jm-welch / nagios_template.py
Created February 14, 2014 21:20
A simple template for writing Nagios plugin in Python
#! /usr/bin/env python
###############################################################################
# Nagios plugin template
#
# Notes
# - The RHEL boxes I work on are currently limited to Python 2.6.6, hence the
# use of (deprecated) optparse. If I can ever get them all updated to
# Python 2.7 (or better yet, 3.3), I'll switch to argparse
# - This template runs in 2.6-3.3. Any changes made will need to be appropriate
@thesamesam
thesamesam / xz-backdoor.md
Last active July 15, 2024 10:34
xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that