On Tuesday 04 May 2004 8:19 pm, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Is it me or does SuSE seem to release lots and lots of Kernel updates to 2.4.21
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I cannot remember applying any kernel updates to my previous installation of SuSE 8.0, is it that SuSE are just very good at offering updates to relatively minor flaws or is it that 2.4.21 is ridden with security flaws.
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What do other users who are less fortunate and on 56k dial up do, persevere the lengthy download or simply ignore most of which seem to be local vulnerabilities ?
Do other distros have such an aggressive kernel update schedule ?
There have been a couple or three kernel updates to the 2.4.22 kernel in Mandrake recently so it's not just Suse. They are presumably responding to the same security issues - as any responsible vendor should do.
I'm on dial-up (64K Home Highway) and they don't take long to download, maybe an hour or so, probably less. I usually just tell urpmi to get it at a time when I won't need the machine e.g. overnight so the time taken is not an issue.
Syd