Bug#43275: apt: apt does not offer to add security updates to sources.list
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.11
Severity: wishlist
apt should offer a configuration that makes it easy to install security
updates regularly. According to http://www.debian.org/security/ , the
official sources.list line is
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates
However, I'm sure that many users never add this, and don't otherwise keep
up on Debian security bulletins. This represents a great number of
potentially insecure machines that could be eliminated with this
sources.list line and, optionally, a cron task. This configuration
shouldn't be forced on everyone, but should be an option (at install time)
for those who would otherwise ignore security updates completely.
Although administrators of important systems may prefer not to be upgraded
automatically, Debian can with this simple measure protect casual users from
common exploits.
Andrew
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux nolfolan 2.2.10 #2 Mon Jun 21 18:24:15 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-0pre7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
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