Re: Being new to Debian...

[Robin Y. Millette]

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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:22:27 -0600, Sonny Kupka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Being new to Debian distro, I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on running testing in a ISP environment on a main server..

Don't do this. testing is the worst choice when you have to worry
about security. Security-wise, stable is best (the security team
taking care of it). unstable is next since the package maintainer can
upload security updates. These security updates take at least three
days until they migrate to testing, leaving you vulnerable in the mean
time.

That was true before woody became stable, the new policy is that when
there is a security alert, the secrity team releases for
potato,woody,sarge, and sid, you can check the latest DSAs. So, to be no
the no-so-bleeding edge, you can use testing with security updates, and
live happy :)

Hello Marc, can you point us to a reference explaining this recent change of policy? I was under the impression that a stable's security is handled for maybe a month after it's replaced with a newest distribution, and never heard anything about a change. Thanks.


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