Re: Why would I want an LFS system?
Even worste, I do not think someone is able to follow every
security patches for all sources a Linux system use (even for a small
system)
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 04:27:10PM +0100, Csan (Ja'nos Hola'nyi) wrote:
> "Another advantage of a custom built Linux system is added security. You will
> compile the entire system from source, thus allowing you to audit everything, if
> you wish to do so, and apply all the security patches you want or need to apply.
> You don't have to wait for somebody else to provide a new binary package that
> fixes a security hole. Besides, you have no guarantee that the new package
> actually fixes the problem (adequately)."
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