RE: [Sheflug] Another Worm....

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

> Looks like a modified Lion, the patches have been out so long, it's a
> joke - might press a few people into checking the relevant errata pages...

not surprising. Most are just variations of the same. Wasn't Lion a heavily
modified Ramen?

> Maybe (I can but hope) this increase in worm activity (OOOoooo, all 3
> of them) might press the distros to start locking things down a little
> better.

We can but hope.

> Likewise, say what you will about RedHat, but if they are going to ship
> RH7.1 with services off (workstation installs only, IIRC)
> marketforces/oneupmanship might press other big distros to follow or
> improve upon the idea.
> 

Doesn't TurboLinux already do this? And Caldera? I know, big distros = SuSE,
Mandrake, etc.

> Although there are some "secure" distros out there, I think it still
> needs the popular groups to make it more fashionable.
> This is one of the few areas a "feature" should be rammed down people's
> throats - if you need it, learn how to turn it on.

yes. I agree on this point. If you don't know how to turn it on, and don't want
to find out, you're probably better of without.

-- 
Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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