Forgot to attach this in the previous message... Sorry! :o)
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Weekly Linux Security Roundup
- A busy week - LIDS, Netscape, Mailman, NFS, kon2, gpm and several other
programs were found to contain security problems, some of them very nasty. A
few weeks ago I slagged Mandrake Software. Well, I'm not going to apologize,
but I will say this: Mandrake has significantly improved its security
advisories. They are now issued regularly, contain solid information in
regard to the problem and how to fix. My remaining complaint would be that
they have no vendor site for updates, but rely on third-party mirrors. This
is somewhat mitigated by the update tool, but I still feel that vendors
should not rely on the good will of third parties to distribute fixes.
Reliability aside, there are trust issues to be considered.
http://securityportal.com/topnews/weekly/linux20000807.html
Sergio Korlowsky
