[cobalt-security] SUN don't care about security update ?

[Barbara <thebizworkers@xxxxxxxxx>]

>The main issue is not Sun not supporting custom
>configs. That is their prerogative. The BIG issue 
>is Sun not releasing security patches in a
>timely manner.

I do agree with this statement. It is mainly for this
reason alone that I have started building and
migrating users to new systems. Having a few extra CPU
cycles off a new PIII 1Gig chip doesn't hurt either..
:-)

I just recently purchased a SuperMicro 1U case (w/
dual hotswap SCSI backplane), along with a Maxtor
Atlas III 10,000 RPM 18Gig Ultra160 drive, and a
SuperMicro 370SSR MB (with dual Adaptec SCSI Ultra160
controlers built in, and dual Intel NIC's) -paired
with an Intel 1G PIII and 512 RAM - all for less than
$800 (pricewatch.com is my friend)... Toss in OpenNA's
new darn FAST AND SECURE OS (similar to a hardened
RedHat system) - http://www.openna.com/  - and you
have one very quick, and VERY secure machine -running
all the latest versions of popular programs (Qpopper,
Apache, Exim, etc).  

On the day that CERT announced the Zlib vulerability,
the OpenNA OS had updated RPM's available for download
within hours! Not only for the zlib, but for EVERY
program (including the 2.4.18-85 kernel) used on the
OS, that very same day... Updating my system against
the zlib issues (the same day the warnings were
posted), was as simple and as quick as "rpm -Uvh
update-me.rpm"...  That quick and that easy!

Barbara


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