On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Tony Lambiris wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 02:57:11PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> > I don't necessarily agree with that... RedHat CAN be secure, if you spend
> > the time. I've been using RedHat connected to the internet for years, and
>
> Spend time... *yawn*
Even if you use a *BSD, if you don't spend time making sure you've got
your sh*t together, you're a fool. So yawn all you like. I can make
RedHat 6.2 acceptibly secure in about an hour. I consider that a wise
investment.
>
> Let me ask you, who would be the type of person to download the latest ISO of
> Red Hat, people using workstations, or servers?
Either... It's not a function of platform, but of purpose... people who:
* do software development
* need bleeding edge functionality
* are insane
> If you are running a mission critical server, and you are using the
> latest _anything_ you're just asking for trouble.
That's a blanket statement, which is extremely foolish. So you're saying
when someone releases a security fix, I should wait a few months to get
it? Absurd.
--
Derek Martin
Senior System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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