slimhase wrote: > Thanks again. > I am not a unix person, so my naive thinking was that my OS (Ubuntu > 14.04.6 LTS) with an end of life: April 2022 would still get relevant > updates(?) > But you are right - I just checked openssl - it is version 1.0.1f - > which is still affected by heartbleed! > > That is frustrating - what is the point of 'LTS' when even crucial > things are not updated? > Or am I missing something?
Yes, I think you hoped to get rolling updates to latest & greatest. LTS just means Ubuntu will keep including update that can match a core set of systems. So kernel moved from 3.13 to 4.2 but did not move to say 4.15. Many updates comes from 3rd parties - so Ubuntu will includes those update but if 3rd parties stop updating - Ubuntu can do nothing about it. Support means keep the old stuff going but no support of new stuff. TLS 1.2 was new in 2014 but TLS 1.3 only approved in 2018 would not be expected to be added to an LTS system. IMHO, LTS is good for isolated system (e.g. non networked control system) , which are a snapshot in time, but an ordincary users who is interconnected and is using system which are updated/upgraded regularly cannot rely on them really being "up to date" beyond say 3 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111812 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
