Mike McCarty: >>> So, FC2 is a severe security risk? Tim: >> To work it out, you'd have to look at the packages that have been >> updated since FC2, looking at the various security reasons for those >> updates. I don't know whether it's "severe," but there will have been >> plenty of security fixes that you won't have. Mike McCarty: > Precisely. And, for exactly the reason I mentioned before > about MSDOS, the security risks for FC2 are fading. As > exploits get plugged, their prevalence also diminishes. But if you're using an old un-updated release, exploits are NOT being plugged on your system. Don't believe that malcontents stop trying to exploit old exploits, because they don't. Plenty of them don't know what they're doing, and will try any hack they find about. Others do know what they're doing, and know that plenty of people run outdated systems. You *may* be less of a target, but you're still a target. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
