From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NXzUZ-00044T-0P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:02:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FCE3E07F0 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f217.google.com (mail-fx0-f217.google.com [209.85.220.217]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7711E05DE for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm9 with SMTP id 9so199fxm.10 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:12:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2Muax94ljigARR7Pkq+5frTXZUPeehUPdYEY2wVZenk=; b=RsB2SBOiHsjIGgOWkYxKPwL/bh5IL0D/lbn8+Bv3/hqLu1eLDN0IFENIG1MSWb/8DX 2SC5mKdvuxJrTfCXhAe/Rr6xeq0Bar3OsMh1R+VLZS21tx9wh29Knbsr0jsIgvSD0Qrr +iu+zN9i/DlQ2H1cibdFyI0n0wQiL9DsrSCvI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=N3F0bOzhU3twPpLx9XXOHJrlFEwn1rbGQTOd0bt/3ojk6/1lkknZR4yD2FT+nM1H/S hYZpatehaouMWHQTi/GC7NOS7V4108PIN9kvfUWUCZGO2RF4HH8YUj5oP75f5/o9LJbg Stf04uykPma0tbdfUpqmDyksOMn/6OdcJ45w4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.76.91 with SMTP id b27mr1519646fak.4.1264083160184; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:12:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5D030B24B210824291B610C6C08E8F58E146581797@BOW-EVS-V01.uoc.local> References: <5D030B24B210824291B610C6C08E8F58E146581797@BOW-EVS-V01.uoc.local> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Claes_Gyllensw=C3=A4rd?= Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:12:20 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Security updates To: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 12c6d835-0f31-4639-82d1-e32e936443fb X-Archives-Hash: 13aff84df82a53cd5136d93fd805fd98 2010/1/21 Machell, Jonathan : > Hello there, > > We're currently trialling Gentoo to possibly host some of our web-servers= . I've used Gentoo for over eight years so I'm leading these trials. > > I've subscribed to this mailing list but also gentoo-server and gentoo-se= curity. I'm trying to keep up to speed with all the latest security news af= fecting Gentoo, GNU/Linux, Apache and MySQL. Should subscription to these m= ailing lists be sufficient for this or is there any other place where I sho= uld be looking to keep on top of security issues? I'm aware that this and t= he other two mailing lists are low traffic but I haven't heard a peep since= subscribing on Tuesday. Is that normal? I was hoping to go through the arc= hives of previous messages at some point. Are these kept somewhere? > > Many thanks, > > Jonathan Machell > University of Cumbria is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in En= gland & Wales No. 06033238. Registered Office: University of Cumbria, Fuseh= ill Street, Carlisle, CA1 2HH. Telephone 01228 616234. > > Confidentiality: This email and its attachments are intended for the abov= e named only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you= must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyon= e; please reply to this email and highlight the error. > > Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the kno= wledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We a= dvise that you understand and observe this lack of security when emailing u= s. > > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attac= hments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computi= ng practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. > I can't answer question 1. The frequency you described is normal. Last message was monday. The above can also be verified by looking at the answer to your third question, which is here: http://archives.gentoo.org/