Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Alex Efros <powerman@××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] SearchSecurity.com: "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary"
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:40:29
Message-Id: 20060808093155.GA19368@home.power
1 Hi!
2
3 On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:11:23PM +0200, Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen wrote:
4 > - Unstable uses usually get the fix hours or even days before the GLSA is
5 > issued.
6
7 Why? I think security is important enough to force at least SOME admins to
8 upgrade packet from current "stable, with security hole" to "unstable, without
9 security hole"... but for this admins must know about this security hole
10 as soon as fix for it become available, no matter in x86 or ~x86.
11
12 --
13 WBR, Alex.

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Re: [gentoo-security] SearchSecurity.com: "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary" Stefan Cornelius <stefan.cornelius@×××××.com>