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:ZDNet Australia: Debian Ships Sans Security Update Feature
ZDNet Australia: Debian Ships Sans Security Update Feature
Jun 8, 2005, 14 :30 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (4222 reads)
(Other stories by Renai LeMay)

[ Thanks to daria42 for this link. ]

"A configuration mistake in the new Debian Linux distribution has forced a fix less than 24 hours after the software was released.

"'New installs [of Debian 3.1 from CD and DVD] will not get security updates by default,' said Debian developer Colin Watson in an e-mail warning. Installations from floppy disks or network servers were not affected..."

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internetnews: New Debian Delayed No More(Jun 07, 2005)
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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
To characterize the commented-out entry ...   "Dangerous security flaws"   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 8, 2005, 15:37:27  
> It is inconceivable that a human that> ...   Re:   
Onan the Barbarian
Jun 8, 2005, 18:02:52  
Debian is not the only high-profile soft ...   Re: Dangerous flaw   
GreyGeek
Jun 8, 2005, 18:24:43  
Reminder to self - "Fanny" means somethi ...   Re: Re: Dangerous flaw   
Richard
Jun 8, 2005, 18:38:16  
While calling it absolutely harmless is ...   Re: Re:   
Charles Hixson
Jun 8, 2005, 19:31:26  
>> Debian is not the only high-profile s ...   Re: Re: Dangerous flaw   
Hyper L
Jun 8, 2005, 19:52:27  
I'm a debian user and am wondering w ...   Couldn't they have included it as part of secu   
james
Jun 8, 2005, 21:33:13  
[...].> Just because the flaw was easy t ...   Re: Re: Re: Dangerous flaw   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 9, 2005, 08:44:09  
> Couldn't the debian team simply pu ...   Re: Couldn't they have included it as part of   
Lars Erlandsen
Jun 9, 2005, 09:18:38  
> I'm a debian user and am wondering ...   Re: Couldn't they have included it as part of   
Onan the Barbarian
Jun 9, 2005, 10:34:27  
> Debian is not the only high-profile so ...   Re: Re: Dangerous flaw   
Onan the Barbarian
Jun 9, 2005, 10:38:46  
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