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From: hescominsoon at adelphia.net (William Warren)
Subject: [inbox] Re: RE: Linux (in)security

This is am IBM problem not a Redhat and/or Linux problem.

Ron DuFresne wrote:
> 	[SNIP]

> red-hat pushes out the product, which IBM is the back channel support for.
> I ask in the very first meeting with the red-hat sales-lizard;  Umm, there
> was a vuln released today that affects the kernel, I see red-hat addressed
> this on the i386 and ia64 as well as the ppc platforms, has it been
> addressed on the s390, or can you just plain tell me we are not vuln?  To
> which the red-had-lizard was clueless to the whole concept.  And it took
> 4-5 months for IBM to get from red-hat their 'updates' page for s390 rmp's
> all of which were older then known issues/exploits.  Turns out IBM claims
> to have been unaware that even though red-hat is chanrging for the
> platform enterprise release, They have not devoted any backend resources
> to keeping it current.  Tells me that also, IBM could not have conducted
> an audit on what is mont maintained, let alone what was released.
> 
> And points to the fact that even though it's possible to play linux on the
> IBM platforms, it's not really ready for prime time.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron DuFresne
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity.  It
> eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
> business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
> 	***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
> 
> OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.
> 
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