I also run Redhat Linux on a system here my friend, and it is very easy to install an rpm compared to compiling apache using source downloaded from httpd.apache.org.
Is your Web Server patched against the security hole that is known in 1.3.24 ? If not upgrade to Apache 1.3.26 unless you want to run a web server with an open security hole in it. Regards Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Dragos Nitu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 1 September 2002 5:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mirror Created The operating system is a RedHat. RedHat provides patched updates of the apache web server. There is no reason to complicate things - installing a new version of apache in RedHat is not as easy as it seems. > Andrew Kenna wrote: > > > Before I add your web site to the mirrors list, please update the > > apache daemon so its running 1.3.26 > > My personal opinion is that we should not be requiring our mirrors > to run any particular version (or any particular web server, for > that matter). Yes, there are security problems in some versions, > and we should recommend the use of recent versions, but it is not > our job to manage other people's servers. For all we know, this > person could have patched his server to fix the security bug. > > Joshua. Dragos Nitu
