Do I need openssl?

erick · 10-01-2003, 10:47 PM

I'm not an experienced Linux user.

I have just fired a "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". The only package I got to be update is openssl, but I'm not sure if I really need it. This linux box is simply a file server for windows machines. It is running samba. It is not running Apache, MySQL, etc.

Do I need this openssl? How can I check if I'm using it?

php · 10-02-2003, 01:56 AM

If the computer is on a network that accesses the internet somewhere, than yes, it would be good to patch it.

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erick · 10-02-2003, 07:41 AM

Thanks! I thought openssl was only used when the machine was running apache.. I was wrong.