Re: Security breach?

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.security
Subject	Re: Security breach?
From	Ohmster <root@dev.nul>
References	<XnsA145508078CBMyBigKitty@216.196.97.131> <871udsj8io.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <XnsA145A4E0821F6MyBigKitty@216.196.97.131> <87y5fznzl4.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk>
Organization	Ohm's Fish Market
Message-ID	<XnsA145BAE772D9DMyBigKitty@216.196.97.131> (permalink)
Date	2013-01-11 17:22 -0600

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Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote in 
news:87y5fznzl4.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk:

>> Suggestions?
> 
> You can never completely eliminate the risk of being compromised but you
> can certainly reduce it.  If you donƒ Tt like reinstalling twice annually
> then use a system that supports incremental upgrades, instead of
> throwing away a working install each time thereƒ Ts a new release; and
> stay up to date.  I use multiple Debian systems that have been
> continually upgraded since the middle of the 1990s.  Not immune to
> compromise (nothing is) but their record isnƒ Tt bad.

Using CentOS 6.3, Richard. My mistake. Since I do not reffer to the distro 
by name often, in all the confusion and panic of the attack, MintOS stuck 
in my mind for some reason, the names are a bit similar. 
Thanks!

-- 
~Ohmster

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