Something must be done! (Security)

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Author: Bob George
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Subject: Something must be done! (Security)
<> wrote:

> 2 count em 2 of my friends running linux discovered tonight their
> machines had been rooted! And the only reason was because they didn't
> keep their packages up to date. Does anyone know of a script that'll
> get just the latest security fixes on RedHat?


There was a package called FreshRPMs that I used for a while. If used
carefully, it might help. Just make sure a 'stable' source of RPMs is used
to avoid problems.

- Bob