Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Pedro Venda <pjlv@××××××××××××.pt>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] FYI: Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:17:52
Message-Id: 41838653.2080700@mega.ist.utl.pt
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] FYI: Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel by Benjamin Martin
1 Benjamin Martin wrote:
2 > Anyhow, it is fixed in recent kernel versions and taking into account how easy
3 > it is to upgrade kernels on a gentoo box (compared to SUSE) it isn't much of
4 > a problem, i think. It's an admin's task to check for these things and take
5 > the necessary steps (in this case upgrading the kernel).
6
7 which, according to the current kernel development policy may not be
8 what you really want.
9
10 my home server does not boot everytime with 2.6.8/2.6.9 kernels
11 (unfortunately i have to shut it down very often) and the mppe vpn works
12 only once per boot.
13
14 don't misjudge me, i have some experience, and believe me, i have tried
15 to solve all these problems. the vpn was solvable but the boot problem
16 rendered me with no choice but to change to an older working kernel: 2.6.6.
17
18 regards,
19 pedro venda.
20
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