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Debian Struggling With Security

Posted by Zonk on from the invaders-at-the-gates dept.

Masq666 wrote to mention a ZDNet article discussing difficulties Debian is having with security updates. From the article: "...Lack of manpower also appears to be adding to Debian's security woes. Michael Stone, another member of Debian's security team, expressed his frustration to the organisation's security e-mail mailing list in mid-June, saying there was no effective tracking of security problems."

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  1. Solution is obvious, move to Windows by VisualVoice · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have a huge team focusing on security.

    1. Re:Solution is obvious, move to Windows by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
      They have a huge team focusing on security.

      Too bad none of them work at Microsoft :(

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  2. simple solution by Geekboy(Wizard) · · Score: 5, Funny

    $ apt-get update security-officer

    Problem Solved.

    (Its funny. Laugh.)

  3. Re:Pick any two by diamondsw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or pick Windows and get none!

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  4. Re:Too many packages? by Chmarr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it works for the OpenBSD people... OpenBSD is the most secure system out of the box because the box is really small, and it's hard to get it open :)

    My karma is now really, really shot.