Hi Sergio!
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Sergio P.Korlowsky wrote:
> Taken from:
> SecurityPortal.com -- June 26, 2000
>
> Weekly Linux Security Roundup
>
> - Vendors have finally caught up on the INN and Kernel issues. A lot
> moreexploit code has been released for a number of packages, so if you are not
> up to date you might want to spend the weekend installing AutoRPM or setting up
> a dpkg script. Mandrake also wins (hands down) the "easiest distribution to
> break into remotely" and "easiest distribution to break into locally", having
> finally released 8 fixes for very severe security bugs in 7.1 (their latest,
> not so greatest distribution).
>
> <http://securityportal.com/topnews/weekly/linux20000626.html>
>
>
> Its too sad to find out that Mandrake is also the easiest to break in...
> and NOT knowing from Mandrake... a single word!
What they fail to mention is that every other distro has had to fix
the same security holes. Mandrake was merely the victim of bad
timing. The exploits/fixes were not known/available prior to release.
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