On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 04:57:45PM -0400, Mark Reis wrote:
> In our case at a public university without a network filter or firewall
> (politics - not by choice), keeping on top of the security patches are a
> must. Redhat 6.x and earlier 7.x machines are hacked within days of coming
> up on the network. So if you plan on having your machine exposed on the net,
> not upgrading/patching it isn't really a good plan.

I never said don't patch.  Patches are still available for 7.3 from Red
Hat through up2date.  For our 6.1 and 6.2 systems, we do it the old
fashioned way - go grab a new package release from a trusted source and
test and install.

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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