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I notice that the web site doesn't tell me what StackFu is. I don't want to have to watch a video just to find out if the concept is interesting enough to warrant the time it takes to watch a video. Anyway, it looks like a cool idea and I wish you the best of luck. And I've signed up for the beta. I still haven't watched the video.
Did the idea for this come from Linode's Stackscripts?
This is our original concept, back from 2008, they launched theirs in 2009.
Check this out http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4459&highli... and also our original 'readystack' idea post http://blog.webbynode.com/2008/10/29/webbystacks/
This is our original concept, back from 2008.
Even if I could read all these scripts the service is going to execute, nobody tells me that the script I'm seeing on the web service is the script that actually gets executed.
Now. I don't insinuate that the OP is trying to take over servers, but we all know about bugs and/or the famous disgruntled employee.
If I could install this service in my own network, having full control over the scripts and the service itself, this could be useful, but giving root to some server not under my control?
This actually begins at the very first start of your video.
You want me to execute a script that I download using wget from a non-https-site. As root.
shudder
I would never in my life allow an external machine to run arbitrary commands on my server. This is like giving root to some person I don't know. Even if I could read all these scripts the service is going to execute, nobody tells me that the script I'm seeing on the web service is the script that actually gets executed. Now. I don't insinuate that the OP is trying to take over servers, but we all know about bugs and/…