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[John Hebert]

--- Jerald Sheets <questy at captured.com> wrote:
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<em>> I think that the Vendor can only go so far.  Let's
<em>> say RH6.2 came out last
<em>> week.  Let's say I (Computer Tech) have installed it
<em>> say...100 times.  Now
<em>> let's say after end-of-month securityportal has
<em>> listed 20-30 bugs.  Is it my
<em>> responsibility to update each of these 100 machines?
<em>>  Is it RedHat's?
<em>> Should either do it free?  We distributed that in
<em>> good faith before any
<em>> holes were found.  The holes were found in packages
<em>> we didn't even write.
<em>> We make patches available on our websites.  Are we
<em>> legally or even morally
<em>> bound to do more at no charge?
<em>> 
<em>> You're treading in dangerous waters here, guys.
oi vey.
Now I see why RedHat, M$ and others are putting so
much work into network delivered automated software
updates.
'apt-get' via cron job to the rescue. :)
John
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