Re: GHOST, Am I ok?

[Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>]

Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> writes:

> Sven Hartge:
>> Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:52:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Look at checkrestart in the debian-goodies package.
>> 
>>> Or alternatively, if you're on testing or newer (or can accept a
>>> backport), try needrestart (in its own package) which will inform you
>>> after a dpkg run which services need restarting.
>> 
>> needrestart is also available in the official backports.
>
> Thanks for that hint! This should really be installed by default. I
> wonder how many systems regularly stay vulnerable even after installing
> security patches, just because admins don't realize they may have to
> restart some services manually.
>
And this is why simply rebooting after significant patches is a good
idea.

Mart
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