Markus Gaugusch wrote:

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We are sorry about the late release of the new kernel, but the plain 2.2.16 kernel causes trouble with our patches and it also has a new security hole. After we solved all these problems, we hope, we could provide you with a more stable and more secure kernel. Which new security holes are this? I am always using fresh kernel.org kernels, so I'd like to know about those other holes.

There was a security problem when using NFS: The lockd could be crashed by sending it random data over TCP. This was fixed in 2.2.17pre1. Eilert -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eilert Brinkmann -- Universitaet Bremen -- FB 3, Informatik eilert@informatik.uni-bremen.de - eilert@tzi.org - eilert@linuxfreak.com http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~eilert/