1. What's the difference between RH 6.1 and RH 6.2?
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Gene Heskett sends Greetings to James A.;
JAG> I recently bought the "Linux for Dummies" book, and RH 6.01 came
JAG> with it on CDs. As I strolled through my PC store recently, I
JAG> noticed the retail version of RH was 6.2. Can someone tell the
JAG> difference between the two, and is moving to 6.2 worth the
JAG> effort and expense over 6.1? And while I am at it.... is the
JAG> "Linux for Dummies" version of 6.1 a full and complete version
JAG> of RH?
JAG> I have not yet installed 6.1 since I am REALLY a Linux Dummie!
JAG> :-)
JAG> Thanks
First, linux is a moving target. At about 10x the speed of winderz.
New ways of doing things, newfound security holes and their fixes, plus
new hardware is always being added to the lists.
I think I'd go ahead and get the 6.2 unless you're only using it as a
dialup home machine. There were at least one nearly show-stopper in
6.1, and previous versions, bind which is the dns caching util, has an
exploit in it that the whole world knows by now, and the version that
comes with 6.2 has that one fixed.
For a home, dialup user, thats not terribly important unless someone
actually scans your machine during that minute or so you are online and
getting the mail. If you spend many minutes in a row online with a
browser, there are increased chances of a hack attack.
At my work, we have many machines, and we were made quickly aware of
this vulnerability about a month ago when 2 of our machines were found
with the ADMROCKS rootkit installed. The cleanup was messy, and many
doors have been nailed shut since. And we've installed our own set of
'spook' tools to collect data on the spooks. And you'd be surprised at
a couple of addresses we've since collected. *very* interesting
addresses indeed ;-)
Cheers, Gene
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