Ubuntu shows updates / security updates on shell logins
Chris Adams
cmadams at hiwaay.net
Wed Nov 4 20:15:04 UTC 2009
Once upon a time, Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> said:
> i don't think it is a security risk. Or rather - if it is then the rpmdb
> should not be readable by non-root users.
If knowing installed versions are a security risk, then so is "uname -r"
and almost any command that takes "-v" to display the version.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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