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[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Mittwoch, den 17.07.2019, 21:03 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via
ubuntu-users:
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:21:46 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > 
> > what a user really only needs to care about is to keep the system
> > up to
> > date.
> Hi,
> 
> I disagree, if a package from "main" such as openssl suffers from
> something like Heartbleed, it might be better to wait a few days for
> a
> fix, before continue using such a package's software.

you mean keeping your system vulnerable for a few extra days makes much
sense ?

> 
> It was even announced by television news and Bruce Schneier said:
> "Catastrophic is the right word. On the scale of 1 to 10, this is an
> 11."

my mom: "who is bruce schneier ?"

> 
> The Ubuntu help explains that not all repositories are supported and
> warns regarding the risk using packages from those repos.

and because of this what i said is not true? 

yes, there are repo parts that are maintained by the community that
possibly get security fixes in a slower cadence (or probably none at
all, which is one of the reasons snap packages exist). but thats
completely orthogonal to the fact that you should immediately pull in a
security fix if it is available ... and that you should do this when
the update manager notifies you about it.

90% of ubuntu users out there install their software by simply clicking
the install button in the software-center, they dont know what
heartbleed is or who bruce schneier is, they only want to use their
computer. and the most important thing to keep these peoples machines
secure is to teach them to always apply the updates their system offers
them ASAP ... keeping your system up to date with the updates it offers
to you is the number one security rule no matter wether you are a
computer nerd who is best friends with bruce schneier or my mom ... 

ciao
	oli
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