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[quint]

Bruno,Thanks for the pertinent info.

[nlinecomputers]

Bruno I didn't know that you used to be married.  He's calling his ex a bitch.Oh wait....

[Bruno]

She was real sweet: that is why I devorced her more then 15 years ago ! I´m having the time of my life since . .(* she´s still free, so if you´re interested . . . could pass you her phonenumber . . ) Bruno

[Bruno]

Only one update to mention:Initscripts-7.06-12.2mdkTotal 3 MBAlso for people with reiserfs filesystem:Updated reiserfsprogs packages fix bugs and provide enhancementsB) Bruno

[quint]

Bruno, on Jun 25 2003, 05:19 AM, said:

Only one update to mention:Initscripts-7.06-12.2mdkTotal 3 MBAlso for people with reiserfs filesystem:Updated reiserfsprogs packages fix bugs and provide enhancementsB) Bruno

Got it, thanks Bruno.

[nlinecomputers]

Tonight we have 3 updates.  Only FTP servers updated TODAY (27 Jun 2003) will have these patches.List of all Mandrake FTP update servers is  here.                     Mandrake Linux Update Advisory Package name:           xfsprogsAdvisory ID:            MDKA-2003:017Date:                   June 27th, 2003Affected versions: 9.1Problem Description: The XFS-related tools (xfsprogs, xfsdump, acl, and attr) released with  Mandrake Linux 9.1 were out-dated at release and were not the  recommended versions to be used with the 2.4.20+ Linux kernel.  This  update brings all of the XFS-related tools up to date which provide  better support for the XFS filesystem, fix bugs, and offer other  enhancements. Link to this advisory.                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory Package name:           xpdfAdvisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:071Date:                   June 27th, 2003Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1Problem Description: Martyn Gilmore discovered flaws in various PDF viewers, including xpdf.  An attacker could place malicious external hyperlinks in a document  that, if followed, could execute arbitary shell commands with the  privileges of the person viewing the PDF document. Link to this advisory.                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory Package name:           ypservAdvisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:072Date:                   June 27th, 2003Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1Problem Description: A vulnerability was found in versions of ypserv prior to version 2.7.  If a malicious client were to query ypserv via TCP and subsequently  ignore the server's response, ypserv will block attempting to send  the reply.  The result is that ypserv will fail to respond to other  client requests.  ypserv 2.7 and above have been altered to fork a  child for each client request, which prevents any one request from  causing the server to block. Link to this advisory.

[quint]

Thanks, Nathan, will get it.

[teacher]

Quint, I guess if you run more than one distro, you have more updates to do. Nathan,  thanks for the reminder to do an update!

[quint]

teacher, on Jun 28 2003, 05:37 AM, said:

Quint, I guess if you run more than one distro, you have more updates to do. Nathan,  thanks for the reminder to do an update!

[teacher]

quint, on Jun 28 2003, 09:14 AM, said:

teacher, on Jun 28 2003, 05:37 AM, said:

Quint, I guess if you run more than one distro, you have more updates to do. Nathan,  thanks for the reminder to do an update!

Love your smilies!  Had to quote your post to find out where you found them!

[jong357]

I've always liked theese guys as well.....  

[quint]

teacher, on Jun 28 2003, 09:29 AM, said:

quint, on Jun 28 2003, 09:14 AM, said:

teacher, on Jun 28 2003, 05:37 AM, said:

Quint, I guess if you run more than one distro, you have more updates to do. Nathan,  thanks for the reminder to do an update!

Love your smilies!  Had to quote your post to find out where you found them!

Oh, Julia, do not think lowly of me...had to "pilfer" them, from websites far, far, away...

[teacher]

We don't pilfer on the Internet.  We simply quote.......  Is there such a thing as far, far, away here anyway?I was showing my neighbor a thread last night and had to explain that the responses were from Canada, Austrailia and Amsterdam.  Sure makes our world pretty small.  

[quint]

teacher, on Jun 29 2003, 04:39 AM, said:

We don't pilfer on the Internet.  We simply quote.......  Is there such a thing as far, far, away here anyway?I was showing my neighbor a thread last night and had to explain that the responses were from Canada, Austrailia and Amsterdam.  Sure makes our world pretty small.   

Excellent point, as usual, Julia...thanks.

[Bruno]

Available on ALL mirrors now: ( even the ones that don´t get updated every day . .  )libacl1-2.1.1-1.1mdklibattr1-2.1.1-1.1mdkxpdf-2.01-2.1mdkTotal 11MBB) Bruno

[quint]

Bruno, on Jun 29 2003, 04:51 PM, said:

Available on ALL mirrors now: ( even the ones that don´t get updated every day . .  )libacl1-2.1.1-1.1mdklibattr1-2.1.1-1.1mdkxpdf-2.01-2.1mdkTotal 11MBB) Bruno

Got 'em...thanks, Bruno.

[greengeek]

On dialup I can't keep up with all these updates so I don't do them, not for Windows either.  All my OSs are running fine without them.

[Bruno]

Hi Joy,On dial up, your IP address does change every time you dial-in and the time on line is very limited, so the security patches are less important to you, only if you´re on line 24/7 and even more if you run a ( mail or web ) server the updates are vital. As for the bugfixes: If you have a system that runs fine, there is no real need to fix anything.More then half of the updates that are on the mirrors is for software that the majority of people do not even have on their ( home ) computer. ( If you ever really would  need an update, there are special CDs available with the updates all together. ) Bruno

[Bruno]

Also on the ¨late-updated¨ mirrors:unzip-5.50-4.1mdkSize: 530 KBB) Bruno

[havnblast]

Mandrake Linux Advisory: kernel

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Package name: kernelAdvisory ID: MDKSA-2003:074Date: July 15th, 2003Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2

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[quint]

Thank you, Kelly, will look into this further.

[quint]

havnblast, on Jul 16 2003, 11:48 AM, said:

Mandrake Linux Advisory: kernel

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Package name: kernelAdvisory ID: MDKSA-2003:074Date: July 15th, 2003Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2

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Hi Kelly,Thanks again, for the "heads up"...and Boy! am I relieved, because my version (Mandrake 9.1) is not affected by this!!! I read over the advisory, and thought: Whew! I've escaped this one! Somehow a kernel upgrade or recompile, is not to my desire, when my Mandrake is running so well. Thanks again, Kelly...you are "right on the ball".

[havnblast]

That's good to hear quint, and I hear you on the recompiling of a Kernal - have not taken that step either.  At least we have Bruno here to possibly give advice in the future  

[quint]

havnblast, on Jul 16 2003, 12:53 PM, said:

That's good to hear quint, and I hear you on the recompiling of a Kernal - have not taken that step either.  At least we have Bruno here to possibly give advice in the future   

Am sure that Bruno would help, but I think (cannot speak for him), that he would first ask if there was a good reason for it. Have been reading alot about it, and may try it one day, as it fascinates me, but would only do it on a distro that I was not concerned about "trashing", and right now, none qualify. My system has been running pretty good, since finishing up on the new hdd...would like to try to keep it that way...at least for awhile.   

[Bruno]

Sure, you brave guys . . . . . .  go ahead . . . . . . . Configuring and Compiling the Kernel . . . . . oh, and maybe you will need this one as well: Re-install . . . Bruno