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| Started by | Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> |
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| First post | 2018-08-02 10:20 +0200 |
| Last post | 2018-08-04 19:50 +0200 |
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(finished)Re: how to prevent security update installation during stretch installation Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2018-08-02 10:20 +0200
Re: (finished)Re: how to prevent security update installation during stretch installation David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-08-04 19:50 +0200
| From | Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2018-08-02 10:20 +0200 |
| Subject | (finished)Re: how to prevent security update installation during stretch installation |
| Message-ID | <wigZX-4Uw-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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to Matthew Crews:
you have to balance between risk and effort spent to protect your PC.
i don't have files that are so important that i need security update for protection
if i have, i can just copy them to a USB disk
these days 2nd-hand PC are cheap and they meet my needs
to David Christensen: your solutions is complex, and my cdrom is bad. if it's good, i can install by cdrom, with network disconnected. buy a new cdrom? cdrom is cheap, but IMHO internet has replaced cdrom, cdrom isn't useful except installing software.
to all:
it seems that there's no easy answer to my question
i may have to put up with security update
hopefully this time debian 9.5 will not cause trouble
(debian 9.4 with security update has problem)
i'm not interested in spending any more energy on such trivial issue.
Thanks to all who reply!
On Thursday, August 2, 2018, 2:34:44 AM GMT+8, Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> wrote:
On 8/1/18 1:00 AM, Long Wind wrote:
> i don't like security update because i suspect it cause problem (some
> packaged can't be installed) during stretch installation last time
>
> and i've used linux for a long time and i think it's stable even without
> security update. and installing update always takes time and space, and
> it offer little value
I would beg to differ on the "little value" aspect. If you are still
running Debian 9.0 (and not the latest version, 9.5) you are vulnerable
to Meltdown, Spectre, various web browser exploits, and a whole host of
other issues that are documented here:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/threads.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/threads.html
If you suspect a specific package has a problem due to a security
update, I would file a bug against that package. But to blindly
disregard security updates is irresponsible and dangerous.
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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
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| Date | 2018-08-04 19:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wj8QG-3vL-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #198177 |
On 08/02/2018 01:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: > to David Christensen: your solutions is complex, I assume you are referring to "configure your Internet gateway to block traffic between the host and the Internet". Learning about Internet gateways in general, and about your gateway in particular, is an important system administration skill. Effort invested here will pay many rewards going forward. > and my cdrom is bad. if it's good, i can install by cdrom, with network disconnected. buy a new cdrom? cdrom is cheap, but IMHO internet has replaced cdrom, cdrom isn't useful except installing software. I tend to use USB flash drives, as many newer computers no longer include optical drives. But, I do keep optical drives in the older machines because their BIOS can be incompatible with bootable USB flash drives. > to all: > it seems that there's no easy answer to my question > i may have to put up with security update It is best to keep your systems up-to-date with respect to security patches. > hopefully this time debian 9.5 will not cause trouble > (debian 9.4 with security update has problem) > > i'm not interested in spending any more energy on such trivial issue. > Thanks to all who reply! Okay. David
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