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Why is this LINUX Weekly News?

Why is this LINUX Weekly News?

Posted Nov 11, 2010 17:23 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205)
In reply to: Why is this LINUX Weekly News? by Epicanis
Parent article: Gathering session cookies with Firesheep

> Firesheep is not even available for Linux.

True, though the developer claims that Linux support is coming. But Linux users have to be just as concerned about Firesheep even though it doesn't (yet) run on Linux. Someone running it on another OS will be able to sniff credentials of Linux users just as easily.

jake


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