Upgrading from sarge to etch or lenny is not that easy. As I made it clear, new versions of packages are not always as good as old ones. I am used to old ones. I use my PC as TV TV applications are very important. I have been using Debian for a very long time: rex, potato, woody, sarge. I have never noticed problem caused by hackers. I will first read DSA and try to hack myself to see how easy it is to attack. IMO it won't be easy.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > On Monday 23 March 2009 23:01:24 Tapani Tarvainen wrote: >>On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:54:27AM +0800, Long Wind (longwind2...@gmail.com) > wrote: >>> Even after installing all security updates, >>> can you be sure your system is safe? >>> There may be new security problem discovered at any time >>True. You can never be 100% sure. But: >>> If I do not install latest security updates and do not get attacked, >>> am I wasting time by worrying and installing security updates? >>No, unless you have some magic way of ensuring you'll never get attacked. >>The security updates fix _known_ security problems - >>the bad guys will know them, too. If you don't install the patches, >>your system will be significantly more vulnerable than if you do. > > Also, while there have been some gotchas in (very) recent memory. It is > possible to use the unattended-upgrades package to install security updates > regularly (every day or whatever assuages your nervousness) without user > intervention. > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
