Hi, On Thursday 15 March 2007 05:43, John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
There are hardly any scenarios where one could give any other advise but to upgrade from an old/unsupported version to a newer/supported version.
9.1 might be "better" for you, but unless your system is not connected to any network (including internet dialup) staying on an unsupported system simply isn't a good idea.
Says who?
Common sense?
Linux isn't exactly Windows which can be hacked by 12 year olds riding bikes thru your neighborhood.
Even if you are connected to the net 24/7, with no ports or services open you are not any more at risk than with a current distro.
With an Iptables firewall you can even open essential services that you need and be quite safe on line.
Maybe the CIA can hack their way into a machine with no ports open. But the script kiddies can't. And the CIA is not even vaguely interested in me.
I think you are spreading FUD.
Really? And what about running application (such as web browsers) or services (such as an MTA or ssh) on an old/unsupported version. Your firewall might be as good as it can get. But if you have a need for say the MTA (old/unsupported MTA that is) being reachable from outside or use a web browser (again: old/unsupported) to browse the net (just two examples) what good will the firewall do you? The kernel isn't the only potential problem and a root exploit not the only potential risk. Is that FUD? Greetings from Stuhr hartmut -- Hartmut Meyer, EMEA NTS Business Development Project Manager SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Volker Smid, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg T: +49 421 3064385 - M: +49 179 2279480 F: +49 421 3064387 - hartmut.meyer@novell.com ---------------------------------------------------- SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 - Your Linux is ready http://www.novell.com/linux