Re: [MLUG] MLUG admins: Squirrelmail server.

["Mark Rages" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 1/16/07, Jerry Gamblin <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > Doesn't Debian backport security patches?  So just going by version
> > numbers won't tell if the vulnerability is there.  I ran into this at
> > my last job, when a security consultant made a scary report about
> > vulnerable software, by just checking version numbers.
>
> I have looked and couldn't find any info on the backporting of
> security patches in debian . Do you have any more information about
> that feature?

That's how it was when I ran Debian stable several years ago.  Old
versions with backported security fixes.

I can't find information about it now, because there is a
"backports.org" project which obscured Google results.  But I do
remember, when there was any high-profile vulnerability disclosure, a
new package would get installed on my computer.  (I set it to
auto-update).

Regards,
Mark
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