Risk Report: Two Years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | Linux Today

Risk Report: Two Years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2007

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 was released on February 15th, 2005.
This report takes a look at the state of security for the first two
years from release. We look at key metrics, specific
vulnerabilities, and the most common ways users were affected by
security issues. We will show some best practices that could have
been used to minimise the impact of the issues, and also take a
look at how the included security innovations helped.

“This report is an update to the risk report published in the
March 2006 issue of Red Hat Magazine…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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