On Tue Aug 28, 2001 at 01:22:13AM -0700, Digital Wokan wrote:

> I can't believe my eyes.  An actual update to the kernel from 2.4.3 to
> 2.4.7 in the officially supported updates.  Does this mean there was a
> security problem with 2.4.3 or was some added functionality from 2.4.7
> needed?

There was a security bug in iptables dealing with FTP... read the
advisory for the details.  =)

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