I don't know if it's a good or a bad news for DSL...
And I find it interesting, that it took so much work to render a Linux distro unstable and insecure. There are other operating systems, in which the user must struggle and strive for stability, and security, without ever getting any of either. ;-)
Granted, this is a classroom model, meant to demonstrate as many vulnerabilities as possible in a Linux environment. Kind of like Knoppix STD, only with this set of weapons you get a practice punching bag, too.