[CrackMonkey] [gkm@petting-zoo.net: Microsoft Internet Explorer]

Monkey Master monkeymaster at crackmonkey.org
Thu Apr 5 10:46:54 PDT 2001


begin  Peter A. Peterson II quotation:
> > Package: ntp
> > Vulnerability: remote root exploit
> > Debian-specific: no
> 
> And of course, 'sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install ntp' fixes
> the problem. This is not a hotfix, or a patch, or a service-pack
> with dependencies baffling and rife with flaws. And it's pretty
> impossible for this fix to destroy my whole system. And that's part
> of the problem -- what's an MS Administrator to do when sometimes
> the fixes are more dangerous than the threats? Not secure their
> system, that's what. 

	Even better, I often get patches before the advisories reach
my mailbox.  Habitual apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade will do
that for you.

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