> > Good points Albert. Is a daily 'emerge --sync && emerge -avDuN world' > > generally enough as far as tracking security vulnerabilities? > > > > - Grant > > That's not really for me to say. But I can tell you that although the > Gentoo developers take matters of security seriously, there is no > full-time security tracker. Sometimes things don't get patched in > portage until someone (else) creates a bug report. And even if that > were not the case, there are 0-day exploits that have yet to be patched. > > So it really depends on how informed/paranoid you are about what you > have accepting requests from the Internet.
While we're on the subject, what is the best way to stay on top of security vulnerabilities for a group of services? Should I be subscribed to their announcement mailing lists and make sure I'm notified of new mail? - Grant -- [email protected] mailing list
