-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Brockway wrote: > I'm going piggy back a couple responses here... > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Digby Tarvin wrote: [snip] >> I would also suggest a reboot any time you use apt to do an >> upgrade, > > I'd modify this a little. I schedule a reboot to follow any > significant security upgrade or when important libraries are > updated. In essence the key is to avoid leaving compromised > binaries and libs in memory even if the on-disk copies are fixed. > If in doubt schedule a reboot.
Restarting all services *should* be all that is necessary when upgrading core libraries. However, it's just as easy, and easier, to just reboot the box. There goes your 490 day uptime, though... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtW59S9HxQb37XmcRApmmAJ4uuzFlAQMBz62ZX3ZyK4CBOiFHowCg1hdw 33O0ud6alrJ8qMVxujvn8uQ= =TgSE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
