Bob Paige wrote: >> I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility, flexibility, >> and security issues. I believe that the different mechanisms >> available with GNU software, especially the Debian GNU/Linux way, >> lends itself well to dealing with these issues. But not even Debian >> can deal with systems that are improperly managed. Apparently some >> people still don't take software maintenance seriously. Self managed >> systems can help some, but it still takes involvement from people, and >> that will always be the bottom line as far as I am concerned. >> >Being something of a newbie myself, can someone suggest a way to keep a >system up to date? > >I know through apt-get (or wajig) you can automatically download and >install the latest updates, but I would like to see a system that >automatically notifies you (via email?) when such an update results in >new packages being installed. > >Ideas?
Subscribe to the following list, example quoted: <quote> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Debian Security Announcements) Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 244-1] New noffle packages fix buffer overflows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:26:08 +0100 (CET) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 244-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 27th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : noffle Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0037 Dan Jacobson noticed a problem in noffle, an offline news server, that leads to a segmentation fault. It is not yet clear whether this problem is exploitable. However, if it is, a remote attacker could trigger arbitrary code execution under the user that calls noffle, probably news. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1.1. The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a noffle package. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your noffle package. Upgrade Instructions [...] </quote> -- gt [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have a RIGHT to your opinion---even if it is crap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
