On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:54:33AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. An explanation of what's exactly meant by the term "local > mirror", as in the sentence "install without connection to the > Internet, using a local packages mirror for both the Debian > package sources and the security updates" (quoted from the > Securing Debian HOWTO).
The idea behind that statement, as I see it, is simply to limit your systems exposure to the Internet in a potentially vulnerable state. If you have CDs to install from (minus security updates) and take steps to harden your system (disable services that aren't needed, set up a firewall, etc) then you're fairly well protected and should be able to connect to the Internet to retrieve the security updates. > 2. A URL where I can download the security updates CD images from. TMK, there is no such place. > 3. A step-by-step recipe for using apt-move to make the CD images of > the security updates distribution. If you want to locally mirror security updates, I suggest either an FTP mirror application or rsync. > 5. Directions to a detailed description of Debian's distributions > scheme, showing the meaning/rationale for its mirror sites > directory structure. Not sure if this is the most up to date source: http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/giles/repository/repository.html -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
