Re: DSA 438 - bad server time, bad kernel version or information delayed?
Incoming from Matt Zimmerman:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:12:42PM -0700, s. keeling wrote:
>
> > Incoming from Matt Zimmerman:
> > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:24:42PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > >
> > > > You don't. Tough luck, of course, but that's the price for running
> > > > affordable, off-the-shelf software (free or proprietary).
> > >
> > > You seem to imply that one is better off with a proprietary software vendor.
> >
> > I think you mis-read him Matt. Note the "free or proprietary."
> >
> > He's saying you can go with commercial software, and fixes may take
> > months. Or go with Open Source, and fixes may take (eg.) weeks. In
> > either case, you will have to wait.
>
> Note the "affordable, off-the-shelf". The implication being that if you pay
> more to a proprietary software vendor (and they typically are more
> expensive), then you'll be better off security-wise.
Well, I've bought "affordable, off-the-shelf" software; my first
Debian install arrived on CDs from InfoMagic (whatever happened to
them?). I'm pretty sure I paid more in shipping than I paid for the
disks but it was well worth it to me. This go 'round, Libranet got my
money. Still well worth it. I'm still here. :-)
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