Even worste, I do not think someone is able to follow every security patches for all sources a Linux system use (even for a small system)
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 04:27:10PM +0100, Csan (Ja'nos Hola'nyi) wrote: > "Another advantage of a custom built Linux system is added security. You will > compile the entire system from source, thus allowing you to audit > everything, if > you wish to do so, and apply all the security patches you want or need to > apply. > You don't have to wait for somebody else to provide a new binary package that > fixes a security hole. Besides, you have no guarantee that the new package > actually fixes the problem (adequately)."
