[plug] MS vulnerability

Ben Jensz plug at jensz.id.au
Fri Aug 15 17:01:46 WST 2003


Craig Ringer wrote:

> ... and feel the desire to do so, rather then quietly sneaking a fix 
> into the next service pack. I do have to wonder how often that happens 
> (and in OSS stuff too, wouldn't be too hard to hide a security fix in 
> a patch that does something else on the same file).
>
> As for the best firewall choice: Debian :-)


Debian didn't stop GNU's web server from being gotten into :)

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5063658.html  (thanks to Kai for the link)

It doesn't say in the article that its Debian, but a quick check with 
Netcraft's "Whats that web server running?" tool shows that it is.

>
> Craig
>




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