On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:32:11 -0700, Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 04:49:20PM -0500, Chris Strzelczyk wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am a BSD user who inherited a couple Fedora web servers machines. I > > have a couple of questions on > > how to best get security updates in the quickest possible manner. I > > have been through the FAQ however, it > > doesn't answer my questions and I would like to get some real world > > answers from sys admins. I also want to > > decide if to keep Fedora on these machines or migrate to BSD. > > > > 1. What is the best/quickest way to get security updates for Fedora > > Linux? Although Redhat mentions to get errata > > thourgh redhat.com I see nothing for Fedora on the redhat support page. > > Is yum or up2date the only way to go? > > Yum is an excellent tool for each machine. You mention having several > machines. If they are full installations, you may find it minimizes > bandwidth consumption to start a local repository and point yum to > that. http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html > There is a RPM for YAM which apparently automates this to some extent. I have not tried it myself and only recently found out about it. > > > > 2. Once Fedora goes to a new revision level (i.e. from core 3 to core > > 4) when do the experts recommend we update Fedora > > core 3? I believe updates stop a few months after the new revision is > > release. Does this include security updates? > > I believe it is several months after the next version is out. So FC(N) > is obsoleted several months after FC(N+1) is out. I had FC(1-3) all > running here for a while. Other than the obvious minor differences > between them, it was not a problem. OT: If longevity is a concern then one of the RHEL clones (CentOS, White Box Linux, etc.) may be something to look into. [snip] -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.
