Am 2004-01-04 03:28:16, schrieb kuene: >hi I am new to the list. > >and sometimes it seems to me that I am new to debian too ;)
Hello and Welcome... >I am very much confused about the names of the kernels and I am not sure >if 2.4.18-bf2.4 is still a secure kernel or not. It is a Kernel like the others. >what I have found out lately: >the bf24 variant of the 2.4.18 kernel is only good for installation. >after that you should change it to an other kernel. >an the package is not installed and so not upgraded if security risks >arise. Kernels are never updated ! This is what you must di it yourself. >now: >I run 2.4.18-bf2.4 on all my machines. I am a lazy guy and want to stick >with my kernel because it runs just fine. ;-) >my question: >If I install the kernel image package 2.4.18-bf2.4 will the kernel be >secure, if my apt/sources contains security.debien.org. >(apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4) It is the same Kernel... - Better is, if you install the right flavour like a 2.4.18-k7 ore somthing like this. >will it be a pached one? specially against dsa-403 >bf 2.4 is not listed her :( http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-403 Install the latest sources from 2.4.23 and compile your own ! This is highly recommended ! >thanks a lot > >kuene Greetings Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
