On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Ken godee <ken at perfect-image.com> wrote: > > password"? That's what I'm talking about -- how often does this sort of > > thing happen, where you need to be subscribed to be a security mailing > list > > in order to know what workaround to make to stay safe, as opposed to > simply > > running yum-updatesd to install latest patches automatically. > > Happens all the time! Really? An exploit is released in the wild, and there's a lag of several days before a patch is available through updates -- "all the time"? How often? Every week? Since Gilbert and "supergiantpotato" seemed to be saying the opposite (that unpatched OS- and web-server-level exploits were pretty rare), what data were you relying on when you said that it "happens all the time"? > Count on it! If running any server available to > the public there is no "set and forget" if you're responsible for that > server you best stay informed/subscribed and ready to take action be it > a work around, update or whatever. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >