Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34

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Subject: Re: advantage of new kernel 2.0.34
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 23:02:25 -0400
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19980605133128.B6089@wiggy.ml.org>; from Wichert Akkerman on Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 01:31:28PM +0200
References: <[🔎] Pine.OSF.3.95.980604114416.31250C-100000@newton.physics.arizona.edu> <[🔎] 19980604200711.A3377@cogs.susx.ac.uk> <[🔎] 6l6u69$j4t$1@defiant.cistron.nl> <[🔎] 19980605133128.B6089@wiggy.ml.org>

Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Furthermore, 2.0.34 fixes a lot of security problems, not all of which
> are in the Debian 2.0.33 package IIRC

Yes, I saw a truely scarey post from Dave Miller listing security problems
in 2.0.x kernels that are fixed in 2.0.34. Many of them didn't have details,
becuase only Dave Miller and presumably a few other people knew how to
explit them. That's when I ran to install 2.0.34pre11 ASAP :-)

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see shy jo

I'm on a long trip, pardon any delays in my reply.

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