Sorry about sending the wrong URL in my previous 'More on
Alas and Alack'. Rather than sending a new URL, I am
sending a copy of Mr. Langa's response to what he says was a
Firestorm of responses from Linux devotees.-alex
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:04, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "Bob" == Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> Bob> I know through apt-get (or wajig) you can automatically
> Bob> download and install the latest updates, but I would like to
> Bob> see a system that automatically notifies yo
Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility,
>> flexibility, and security issues. I believe that the different
>> mechanisms available with GNU software, especially the Debian
>> GNU/Linux way, lends itself well to dealing with these issues. B
Bob Paige wrote:
>> I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility, flexibility,
>> and security issues. I believe that the different mechanisms
>> available with GNU software, especially the Debian GNU/Linux way,
>> lends itself well to dealing with these issues. But not even Debian
"Bob" == Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bob> I know through apt-get (or wajig) you can automatically
Bob> download and install the latest updates, but I would like to
Bob> see a system that automatically notifies you (via email?)
Bob> when such an update results in new
> On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 12:26, Bob Paige wrote:
> > I would like to see a system that
> > automatically notifies you (via email?) when such an update results in
> > new packages being installed.
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
How about a cron job that runs apt-get --upgrade --dry-run? That, if I
read the
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 12:26, Bob Paige wrote:
> > I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility, flexibility,
> > and security issues. I believe that the different mechanisms
> > available with GNU software, especially the Debian GNU/Linux way,
> > lends itself well to dealing with th
Scott Dier - dieman said:
> Microsoft does, in its credit, allow people to hit the 'upgrade my box for
> me forever' button for the non-paranoid.
I think that may be a bit misleading. From what I read for example the
SQL server 2000 service pack 2 was a very difficult upgrade requiring manual
cop
I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility, flexibility,
and security issues. I believe that the different mechanisms
available with GNU software, especially the Debian GNU/Linux way,
lends itself well to dealing with these issues. But not even Debian
can deal with systems that a
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:29:11 -0600 (CST)
Scott Dier - dieman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> of distributions that shows how deticated many of the Linux
> distributions are at distributing stable and secure fixes to users in a
> timely fashion.
Including users of 'testing' versions.
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| On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:58:21AM -0500, alex wrote:
| > Has the Linux security bubble burst?
| >
| > http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:35:16AM -0800, nate wrote:
| as usual, this is very misleading.
Uh-huh.
| the article that the MS hotmail g
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Brian Masinick wrote:
> others are not handled very well at all. I'd argue that the Debian
> approach DOES make updates available about as well as it can be done
> (with reliable, tested fixes, not just some quick, ugly hacks). Other
So the real problem is not having Freely
Scott Dier - dieman wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Brian Masinick wrote:
take software maintenance seriously. Self managed systems can help
some, but it still takes involvement from people, and that will always
be the bottom line as far as I am concerned.
The argument was that source code
Scott Dier - dieman wrote:
[you in this article refers to all administrators everywhere, not the
original poster, please don't take it personally]
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, alex wrote:
Has the Linux security bubble burst?
Without reading the article, and at the risk of making myself look fo
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Brian Masinick wrote:
> take software maintenance seriously. Self managed systems can help
> some, but it still takes involvement from people, and that will always
> be the bottom line as far as I am concerned.
The argument was that source code patches aren't being distribut
alex wrote:
Has the Linux security bubble burst?
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1
hi all
The comparison must be between operating system running similar
applications.
Is it possible to run
1. a web server
2. ftp server
3. database server
4.mailserver
5.boot server
and
[you in this article refers to all administrators everywhere, not the
original poster, please don't take it personally]
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, alex wrote:
> Has the Linux security bubble burst?
Without reading the article, and at the risk of making myself look foolish
with crossposting to a gaggle
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:58:21AM -0500, alex wrote:
> Has the Linux security bubble burst?
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1
I would say "no", for five reasons:
1) Langa suggests that part of the reason behind the current rise in
Linux security flaws being found is b
alex said:
> Has the Linux security bubble burst?
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1
as usual, this is very misleading. Most linux distributions contain
hundreds if not thousands of times more software available for them
"out-of-the-box" then win32 does. Now if they sepera
Has the Linux security bubble burst?
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030124S0013/1
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