On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> From the sounds of it, RH might be trying to repair their reputation as an
> insecure distro.
In all fairness, most of the security holes in Red Hat have been in the
original packages (e.g., the recent BIND exploits). I suspect worms like
Ramen and Lion were targeted at RH simply because they are more popular, and
the designer wanted to target the largest population.
Linux distributions *in general* have a reputation for being rather
promiscuous in their default installs. Mandrake is the only one I have seen
that offered any security options in the installer at all -- and I'm not
familiar enough with Mandrake to know if they pulled it off. And sure, you
read about this or that fringe distribution with a focus on security, but
really, *any* distribution should have a focus on security.
I just ordered SuSE 7.1 Pro last night -- I'll have to see how well that
does.
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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