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Re: [cobalt-security] viability of 'up2date' on an XTR?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] viability of 'up2date' on an XTR?
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:27:44 -0700
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Brian Reichert wrote:
> I'm exploring cramming 'up2date' on a XTR. (Note: this is not the
> 'Up2date.sh' script user by the Updater tool'.)
We happily use up2date on our generic Linux boxes, and also on our own
and our rental Plesk PSA servers (they work with the Plesk RPM install
only).
> What I can't emperically tell is whether or not Cobalt's RaQXTR
> platform is enough like RedHat 6.5 that up2date will actually be
> useful, if not actually non-dangerous, to conventions Sun has
> introduced to this box.
My considered opinion is it would be dangerous; Cobalt definitely has
their own update "track".
And perhaps not as useful as you think; for example they'd probably
never update proftpd.
Jeff
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