Douglas Tutty wrote: > Short question: when can my Etch amd64 box access the net via dialup > safely? At one point recently in relation to Etch (pre RC1), there was > mention somewhre (perhaps the relase notes of the time) [sorry for my > spottty memory] that a testing box should not be connected directly to > the internet. I can't find that anymore. Right now I'm connected via > an old 486 with a failing NIC. Now that Etch is frozen, is it safe to > connect directly with the modem? This is a list of currently unfixed security issues in testing: http://idssi.enyo.de/tracker/status/release/testing This is a list of currently unfixed security issues in stable: http://idssi.enyo.de/tracker/status/release/stable I'm not aware of any official statements that it's unsafe to connect a testing system to the network. > Long question: How is security and etch transition from testing to > stable handled? The release and security pages say that the testing > distribution does not get security updates. Does this mean that Etch > must wait to be 'stable' before security is addressed or is it just a > hand-off from the individual maintainers to the security team? Testing receives security updates from unstable within 2+ days, the same as any other important bug fix. -- see shy jo
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