Ash Narayanan wrote:
Wow, what has this thread turned into!?
It started off as a simple question that could have been answered with
one of two possible replies, namely, the solution itself or a
suggestion to move this query to a more appropriate mailing list.
Thank you to all of you whose replies fell in either of these two
categories.
To the rest of you....what is wrong with you?
If you don't want to help, don't. Stop wasting time. Did it ever ocur
to you that not everyone out there likes using a search engine? I was
directed to debian-security by an ex-colleague since one of our
servers uses debian. So I used it to ask a question that wasn't
exactly related to security (although if you must know, it stemmed
from another discussion on debian-security that did relate to security
and one of my concerns was the version number of my system). So what?
The responses I've received from you make me feel like I've committed
a crime against humanity!
I did some Goolging of my own and it seams as though past conversations
by users have been indexed in the [1]"Securing Debian Manual."
1.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html#s12.1.10
*http://tinyurl.com/2328fxt
*This question and answer do have certain relevance to security, much of
which might be better answered instead by "debsecan". However the
relevant security question(s) of "What version of Debian is this?" and
perhaps even better is "Can I compare the version of box X and box Y
and/or even determine how up-to-date a box is?" Should be addressed if
not by some FAQ or Wiki Article, but by a thread on this list.
I don't feel I'm able to do this, however I can say that I myself
originally joined this list to discuss issues of storing and handling
cryptographic material and since have gleaned only a small amount of
insight. I do feel that this list might have a handful of users that
are confused about it's purpose, well actually I'd wager that there
could even be multiple groups lobbying for control of the content of
this list.
From what I can tell debian-security is listed under [2]User and not
under [3]Developer lists, so it stands to reason that users should be
encouraged to seek assistance from this list's members.
2. http://lists.debian.org/users.html
3. http://lists.debian.org/devel.html
Can you imagine stepping in to a pet store with a question about your
pets symptoms to be abused by the store attendant for not going to a
vet instead?
Ash
PS: I've solved my problem. Thanks to those that actually helped.
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