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Old 12-11-2004, 01:38 PM   #1
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Is this kernel secure? 2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp #1 SMP ?


Is this kernel secure? 2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp #1 SMP ?

I'm running CentOS (Redhat enterprise clone)

Why arent they using 2.6.9?
 
Old 12-11-2004, 01:49 PM   #2
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define "secure"
 
Old 12-11-2004, 02:26 PM   #3
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Re: Is this kernel secure? 2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp #1 SMP ?

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Is this kernel secure? 2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp #1 SMP ?

I'm running CentOS (Redhat enterprise clone)

Why arent they using 2.6.9?
What the other guy said and why aren't they running the latest and greatest? Well, most corporations and companies do tests for themselves, apply their own patches... they don't just release the latest and greatest cause the maintainers state it works.. there's a whole process in software development, which Redhat and many other distro's do before throwing releases with their products.
 
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Can i get hacked easily with a known buffer overflow exploit if I am running kernel 2.4.21 on Red hat enterprise?

I noticed kernel.org is out to 2.4.28
 
  


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