Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a > > very rootable state. (as in no security updates installed). > > > > to be fair many security holes affect all distributions that include > > the package (assuming its install

Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya ethan yeah... think redhat boxes are usually sitting ducks for wanna be hackers and script kiddies... i concur, not that it matters, that all distro is basically the same and hackable...including debian... debian does provide a nice automated way to update itself should someone wanna do i

Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:19:49AM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote: > > frankly i dont know how anyone applies alll those Red Hat updates, they must > have more time than me ... they don't. i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a very rootable state. (as in no security

FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Matt Chipman
When people ask me this question, i usually direct them to monitor the amount of security updates and patches released for Redhat on the website and then have a look at the same thing on the Debian website. The proof is there frankly i dont know how anyone applies alll those Red Hat updat