Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-09 Thread Joost Witteveen
Jacob S wrote: On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:13:15 +0200 "Dan Roozemond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While we're at it - suppose someone is the only administrator of a debian(stable) system connected to the internet permanently, with SSH, Postfix and Bind exposed to the 'big bad' world. Say that someone

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-09 Thread Albert Ulmer
On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 03:38:18 -0400, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 04:05:31PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:18:02 -0500 > > JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was reading the secur

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 04:05:31PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:18:02 -0500 > JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I was reading the security FAQ and am somewhat alarmed to find (if I > > understand correctly) that Testing is no

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On Friday 08 October 2004 21:18, JW wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry to bother everyone with newbie questions, but I'm struggling to > understand the entire Debian environment and need a little advise. > > I have been using SuSE for a long time but recently my job has required me > to start administrating

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Jacob S
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:13:15 +0200 "Dan Roozemond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The only thing that might cause a problem would be if it > > updates a large > > package (say Apache or Perl) and has a small configuration bug that > > makes you run around and pull your hair out trying to figure

RE: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Dan Roozemond
> The only thing that might cause a problem would be if it > updates a large > package (say Apache or Perl) and has a small configuration bug that > makes you run around and pull your hair out trying to figure > out what's > changed and how to fix it. This is when reading the Debian-user list >

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread JW
DR >> If anyone has advise on how to keep a Testing system secure, DR >> I'd really like to hear it. DR > DR >If security is really an issue to you: lots of websites exist on how to make DR >a linux system secure, involving very strict SSH settings, firewalls, etc. DR > DR >For the average user

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Jacob S
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:18:02 -0500 JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was reading the security FAQ and am somewhat alarmed to find (if I > understand correctly) that Testing is not actively supported by the > security team. Youch. If I could put stable on it I would, but for the > reasons stated

RE: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Dan Roozemond
Hi, > I am wondering what the best way is to go about staying up to > date. If I run > apt-get -s upgrade I'm told that apt wants to upgrade about > 15 packages, most > of which seem to be related to X (we won't ever be using X on > this server. it > wasn't originally installed and I"d like

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Don Parris
-- Original Message - Subject: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"? Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:18:02 -0500 From: JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Sorry to bother everyone with newbie questions, but I'm struggling to

New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread JW
Hello, Sorry to bother everyone with newbie questions, but I'm struggling to understand the entire Debian environment and need a little advise. I have been using SuSE for a long time but recently my job has required me to start administrating a Debian server that was set up with 3.1/Sarge/Testi