On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:44 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Can I migrate to MKSH shell on my LinuxMint17 computer quite easily?
http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mksh

Looks like it's in the Mint repos, so installing it is fairly easy.
Since it is related to ksh, and not bash, there will be a little bit
of a learning curve.


>
> 2. How necessary is this to be concerned about?


Not at all. Shellshock has been patched on most major modern OSes
since October. You can check if you are still on a vulnreble version
of bash following the directions here:

http://linuxg.net/canonical-has-patched-bash-agains-the-shellshock-exploit-update-your-ubuntu-14-04-or-ubuntu-12-04-system-now/


>
> Your thoughts are appreciated.
> Thank you,
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