Friday, June 10, 2005

Debian drops security ball

<A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5737401.html?tag=zdnn.alert">A configuration mistake</A> in the new Debian Linux distribution has forced a fix less than 24 hours after the software was released. "New installations (of Debian 3.1 from CD and DVD) will not get security updates by default," Debian developer Colin Watson wrote in an email warning. Installations from floppy disks or network servers were not affected.

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