On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 23:42:09 EDT, Joe Klemmer wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Chris Evans wrote:
>
>> Sadly the number of unaddressed security issues in RedHat Linux
systems
>> is creeping up.
>>
>> It is becoming difficult for me to keep track of them all. Since I
am keen
>> they all get fixed ASAP, I've put up a text file of these issues
on the
>> web.
>>
>> http://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~chris/rhbugs.txt
>>
>> I hope this is of use both to people wanting to secure their
systems, and
>> to RedHat themselves.
>
> Of course, if you're subscribed to the redhat-announce list you'll
>get the list of fixes with upgrade info right away.
Of course, this is not much help for Chris Evans, as he is one of the
people to whom we should all be grateful for the painstaking work he
does behind the scenes that leads to those fixes and upgrades you
mention!
You will probably find that security problems are described on his
site sometime before they are acknowledged on any redhat list, during
which time your redhat system(s) may be vulnerable.
If you are responsible for administering redhat boxes in a multi-user
environment, or that connect to a network (including the internet),
then it may be in your interests to check his rhbugs page regulary,
and not just rely on the redhat mailing lists.
Chris
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