On Jan 15, 2008 6:29 AM, Jack T Mudge III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I wish there were a security warning system in dpkg. Say, a user > loads up Synaptic (or Adept, depending), and when they try to install a > dangerous package -- maybe a server that opens ports by default -- they get a > textual warning summarizing the problems, and pointing them to more > information (/usr/share/doc/pkg_name/SECURITY, perhaps?).
There is debsecan, which looks up information from here: http://security-tracker.debian.net/ It doesn't seem to offer integration with dpkg or apt yet. It produces a daily mail about which vulnerabilities exist on your system, which have been fixed and which packages have new vulnerabilities. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
