RE: [Sheflug] Re: 2.4 kernels

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Richard wrote:
>
>> with the latest kernel unless you are a programmer.  Then there's also
>> the practical things like not running without a firewall unless you
>> want everyone on this planet to read your hard disk.  The kernel code
>> is the thing that helps to drive the firewall and new code means new
>> bugs and less security.
>
>Quite the opposite. The IP stack is fairly stable, and lots of security
>fixes are quietly added to it.
>The VM code and VFS layer seem to be the unstable bits of the 2.4
>series. Let's hope they can actually get them stabilised and quickly.

 As far as I'm concerned, I'm just going to stick with 2.2.17 for my firewall,
unless there are some security updates that need to be done.

 I'll eventually learn how to use netfilter. Not right now tho.

 Can anyone make any educated guesses on how long 2.4-stable is away?

 Will the 2.2 tree be dropped after 2.4 is out?

 Baz.

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