Gilbert, Joseph writes:
> Well, the version number of sendmail in stable (just one example) seems
> to be pretty old - 8.12.3. There are known exploits (buffer overflows,
> etc.)
The fixes were _backported_ to 8.12.3 by Debian security. This closes the
holes without the changes in functionality
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"Gilbert, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> If you are worried about security and stability issues, install
>> stable. period. This is the most preferred way.
>
> I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned
> about se
table being less secure than testing.
Joe
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From: s. keeling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:14 PM
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Subject: Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1
Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph:
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> From: John Hasler [ma
Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph:
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> From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very
> > > concerned
> > > about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to
> > > make it into stable.
>
> > Stable gets backported s
to make it into woody pretty quickly but this is two examples of key
services that do not appear to be current.
Joe
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From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 11:08 AM
To: debian-user
Subject: Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution
s. keeling writes:
> Fixes go into _unstable_ first. Then (if they're accepted) they go into
> _stable_. Eventually, they trickle down (up?) into _testing_.
New packages (including ones with security fixes from upstream or the
maintainer) go into Unstable and then propagate to Testing. A very f
Joe writes:
> I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned
> about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to
> make it into stable.
Stable gets backported security fixes very promptly.
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Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph:
>
> > If you are worried about security and stability issues,
> > install stable. period.
Correct!
> I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned
> about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to make
> it into stab
> If you are worried about security and stability issues,
install stable. period.
> This is the most preferred way.
I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned
about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to make
it into stable. I have found te
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
Hi all
I read this list regularly. I find that people who want to try
Debian for the first time are often confused about the fact the there
are three debian distributions and do not know which one to choose. As
usual, everyone wants to do the right thing the first time
Kamaraju Kusumanchi escribió:
Hi all
I read this list regularly. I find that people who want to try
Debian for the first time are often confused about the fact the there
are three debian distributions and do not know which one to choose. As
usual, everyone wants to do the right thing the first ti
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