At 04:49 PM 3/21/2002, you wrote: > > That is good to here, but will the upgrade path be easy ( a > > patch) or hard > > (a system reload) ? > > > > And when will it be available to download, and not screw up the box when > > you install...??? > >Paul you need to read Bruce's answer again he didn't say there would be an >upgrade he said that the next product and all future products will be based >on the 2.4 kernel. In other words look closely at Tim Hockins stuff on 2.4 >for the RaQ4 (I know a guy who is running 2.4.13, and converted the /home >and /var partitions to ext3 so it can be done but don't expect SunCobalt to >do it as you will gather from the thread the RaQ4 will become obsolete in >time and will suffer the same fate as the RaQ2 and RaQ3
I will have a look see. > > >Our next product, and all future products on the roadmap, will be based > > >on a 2.4.x kernel. > >I think the most we should and deserve to hope for is for the features in >the manual to work on the product. Yes, and do they all work? >Bruce remember the 2001 Worldwide - I was promised that the backup facility >was going to be fixed and back ported to the RaQ3 and RaQ4 and maybe even >the RaQ2 and Qube2..! > > >From a security point of view I know of at least one company that can root >any cobalt when needed if a customer forgets their password. They have been >able to do it for just over a year (in fact they had a party to celebrate >the anniversary of telling Cobalt) They even have an internal web page to >allow them to do it easily on their own network I stress. > >The php vulnerability in the XTR and Qube3 needs to be fixed quickly as well >as reported Vulnerabilities in the XTR Admin GUI. > >and I saw on this list that there is also a zlib vulnerability as well. > >I know individuals within SunCobalt bust a gut to get stuff done its the Sun >people up above who don't give the priorities that are to blame - at the end >of the day engineers usually want to fix stuff if its broke and code new >features when done. > >my 2 cents having seen the inside and the outside. > >Gavin > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-security mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security Paul Jacobs /Senior Network Eng. Yourwebcentral.com "Host ANY website " http://www.yourwebcentral.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
