Am 31. Dec, 2003 schw=E4tzte Rob Wultsch so:
> As for automatic updates, won't it crap out when it tries to upgrade ssh
> or anythign else tied to the internet connection, so that it might well
> be left in a unusable state?
A long time ago OpenSSH incorrectly killed all ssh sessions during upgrades=
=2E
That has been fixed.
Updating over the Net isn't too risky, but I generally still want to be abl=
e
to get on the console just in case.
> Assuming that I block all the incoming ports and do nothign abotu
> updates, how secure will the sytem be? Perhaps with somethign like LIDS
> installed as well?
You still want security updates. Not much of a risk doing them
automagically. Set the box up to send you root mail and you should get cron
output if there's a problem.
ciao,
der.hans
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