Re: Automatic Debian security updates, an Implementation

[Gustavo Franco <stratus@legolas.alternex.com.br>]

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 09:33, Mark Janssen wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 14:24, R. Bradley Tilley wrote:
> > I don't understand the need for this.
> > 
> > Can someone explain why 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' is not 
> > sufficient to keep a debian system secure and updated?
> 
> It'll get to you when you have 200+ debian systems spread across the
> internet in different cities, timezones and administrative domains :)
> 
Hi,

You can try cron-apt package[1] and apt-check-sigs[2] to do it! Now i've
twelve servers running Debian GNU/Linux and i'm using one apt-proxy[3]
and aptwatcher(like cron-apt).

[1] = http://packages.debian.org/cron-apt/
[2] = http://people.debian.org/~ajt/
[3] = http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/

Talking about secpack, is it non-free? I can't see in your mail(Clemens)
the url or apt-line to get the source package.

Thanks,
-- 
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