Internet security with FC1

Aleksandar Milivojevic amilivojevic at pbl.ca
Fri Dec 17 14:44:31 UTC 2004


François Patte wrote:
> Bonjour,
> 
> Now that FC1 has gone to legacy... there are no more updates for the last kernel
> 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl For how long can we trust the Internet security with this
> kernel: I have a gateway to the internet with FC1 running this kernel and I am
> wondering when do I have to change it for safety reasons?

You can always download vanila kernel from www.kernel.org.  Security 
bugs are still regulary fixed in both 2.4 and 2.2 trees.  There's also 
Fedora Legacy, but IMHO, they are painfully slow in releasing updated 
packages.

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