On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 05:50:38AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Hi, > this is more "in the abstract" question. > I use a kernel 2.2.20 (compiled by myself, based on the debian woody > source package: kernel-source-2.2.20). > It works perfectly on my laptop. > Is there any need to update the kernel in terms of security, > performance ... ? If it works for you, then why update? The latter releases of 2.2 are/were very solid, and performed very well. 2.4 has still not caught up in some cases. That said, I think there might be a local DOS attack possible in your kernel. The latest 2.2 (2.2.23?) fixes this though, so you could just upgrade to that if you decide you really care. -rob
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