Something must be done! (Security)

[John Kloian III]

I don't remeber the name, but I definately remember something coming
across Freshmeat within the last week that does exactly that.

John Kloian III
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Jay wrote:

> 
> 
> Hey Jiva. Although I don't keep up on the RH stuff, I think I saw
> something like this come across the daily Freshmeat batch within the last
> week or so. You may want to do a search over there.
> 
> Question -- What packages were sploited on their systems? Share with the
> rest of us some of the details so that we can all make sure we're up to
> date... :)
> 
> ~Jay
> 
> 
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 jiva@devware.com 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?
> > -- 
> > I think I am an overnight sensation right now!!
> > 
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