Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware.
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On 17/05/2017, Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> writes:
>
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>> Actually, we might want to issue an statement to _Debian_ users
>> reminding them the value and necessity of keeping their Debian systems
>> up-to-date. Maybe point to our automated solutions that remind and/or
>> apply security updates automatically.
>
> That's a good idea -- especially given that by default Jessie with Gnome
> doesn't bother alerting people about new updates (#678340).
>
> A patch to fix that bug has been in the report for about 18-months,
> without a comment, which is pretty depressing for a security critical
> bug. Of course, it's only security critical because it effectively
> leaves people running without security support, so I guess the urgency
> is somehow not immediately obvious. Also, fixing it doesn't actually
> help as much as one would hope, given that the affected people might
> never install the fix.
>
> Cheers, Phil.
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Dear all,
That's the same thing I am striving for. It would be good if we can
warn our users to have updated software and also share with them some
good security practises. Probably a wiki page on the wiki.debconf.org
is better as it can be edited and updated by one and all rather than
being needed to be reviewed for posting on site (debian.org) . In
this regard, maybe a pad somewhere and a name which people think
should be good enough we could start pooling all the advices given
above .
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