My 6.2 system is running kernel 2.2.24, and I've not found any problems in the time since I instaleld it as new. However, I have less than 10 users, so it's not an issue.
-Tom
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From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:18 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Squeaky newbie
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 08:24:13AM -0400, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> Oh yes - on my previous posts - i forgot to mention to upgrade the kernel and gcc and all libraries. 6.0 can be made secure - it just isn't out of the box.
If I remember right, there were vulnerabilities in the 2.2 kernel that
were never addressed so you could experience a local root exploit if you
have untrusted users on your system (or somebody gets in as a normal
user). Re-reading the original post, however, I see that the system is
an Ultra 450 which implies Sun, not Intel, so some of my suggestions and
observations may not be accurate - I've not worked with Linux on Sun
before.
I've still got a production mail server sitting on a P2/400 running RHL
6.1. We were "fine" until until we got slammed with 40K spam messages
last week :-(. This system is in the process of being replaced with a
dual Xeon 3.4Ghz running RHEL 4. A small upgrade (but long overdue).
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