-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alex Efros wrote: > For now I see only two alternatives for 'no security holes & no critical bugs' > distribution: > 1) Use something like stable Debian/whatever distribution, which was > released some time ago, and has old enough software with good support: > updates with (backported) security fixes and critical bug fixes > (or workarounds). Weakness of this way is having sometimes too old > software, which is unacceptable because your customers will need > features of newer software and you'll have to install & support it > manually. > 2) Believe in Gentoo ARCH=x86 _IS_ 'stable' in all means and spend a little > more time for compiliing/updating/testing. As bonus you'll have fairly > up-to-date system with more features and your customers will love it. :)
Not only that, but old (ala Debian/stable) software may be vulnerable too, as bugs that may have seen impossible to exploit are now exploitable because newer explotation techniques appear. :) - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - VPN Mail Project - http://vpnmail.buanzo.com.ar Consultor en Seguridad Informatica - http://www.buanzo.com.ar http://www.vivamoslavida.com.ar - Portal no-comercial del buen vivir! for f in www blog linux-consulting vpnmail; do firefox http://$f.buanzo.com.ar ; done -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/wnGAlpOsGhXcE0RAu6pAJ44zlwqah0bjQEVn3rXaqn3AaDkPACdFTQF xEuP1/HlEixIw05o7nWf4Hk= =KdCQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] mailing list
