On Monday 20 August 2007 16:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Mike, > > I just grab the .deb from the webmin site and use dpkg -i to install it. > > Thanks! I will try that. > > Do you ever worry about security updates and such? > or do you just keep a close eye on the webmin site and upgrade > according to their releases? > > I have all the .debs from sarge (version 1.18) and I only use parts of > it. The small parts I use work great, but I worry that a security hole > may pop up and I won't notice until its too late.
That's the big thing with webmin: security problems occur fairly often and are quickly exploited. We check for webmin updates daily. If you're using webmin 1.18 on a system that's accessible from the internet then I'd be very surprised if your system isn't rooted. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
