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Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security



On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:19:49AM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote:
> 
> frankly i dont know how anyone applies alll those Red Hat updates, they must
> have more time than me ...

they don't.  

i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a
very rootable state.  (as in no security updates installed).

to be fair many security holes affect all distributions that include
the package (assuming its installed), debian however has a much saner
and more efficient means for users to install security updates, and in
many cases the vulnerable program is not installed by default anyway.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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