On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:21, Palmer, Hilary wrote: > I know that this isn't really a cooker concern, but I still haven't see an > upgrade for 8.2 to upgrade OpenSSL to 0.9.6g or better. I see that 9.0 has > the upgrade. With the Slapper Worm around that concerns me.
Mandrake patches the old libraries for old distros, rather than upgrading. This is a safe policy because it fixes the problem but is less likely to break something else. The openssl in the 8.2 updates is some weird number like `0.9.6c-8.2' and yes, it is Slapper-proof. Cheers; Leon
