Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Jan Lehnardt @janl@narrativ.es

1/20/2026, 8:37:33 PM

Public

> This happens because the telnetd server do not sanitize the USER environment variable before passing it on to login(1)

Does seem bad. But surely nobody is running telnets these days?

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2

oss-security - GNU InetUtils Security Advisory: remote authentication by-pass in telnetd

www.openwall.com

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