On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 at 14:59:04 +0000, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:38 +0100, Simon Heywood wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 at 13:18:42 +0000, Maurizio Lemmo - Tannoiser wrote: > > > Sorry, but this isn't correct. kernel 2.4.18-1 in woody is patched > > > against known vulnerability. > > > > The security team have quietly stopped updating it, preferring to > > concentrate on the Sarge kernels. > > Please back this up with proof please. Otherwise you'll be disliked even > more for your obvious lack of tact.
Reading my post again, it does seem pretty rude, and I'm sorry for causing offence. That wasn't my intention. >From what I can tell, kernel updates in Woody have been postponed [1], so there are a few unfixed vulnerabilities in 2.4.18-1. This doesn't appear to be widely known amongst Debian users. Based on e-mail exchanges, I gathered that it was due a combination of the large number of kernel packages in Woody and busy developers. > Maybe because of this little fact you might just want to point out: > > Maintainer for kernel-source-2.4.18 is Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As if you don't know the implications of that. A quick search has informed me that he resigned from Debian almost a year ago; I wasn't aware of this. > IIRC, You were in the argument, though not hugely, which gave him > cause to resign from Debian. I don't recall having had any interaction with him. S. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2005/01/msg00232.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
