12 Apr
2019
12 Apr
'19
8:03 a.m.
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Anyway I think this "upgrade/update" craze
is mostly the result from
Microsoft, Apple and Google having to frequently patch their buggy OSes
and using this to force users to adopt their latest control options. Now
it's become a fashion.
I have here a few installs with fairly old Linux versions and never got a
problem - I agree I'm certainly not a prime taget for hackers...
I disagree here, because if you look at what was recently upgraded in
Stretch, these are openssh and similar, which are critical and I would not
advise anyone with access to the internet to not upgrade frequently.
This is also not "Microsoft, Apple and Google" madness, but a normal
software cycle. If you want to have latest bug and security fixes, do
upgrade regularly.
Now for TDE, it is so stable, that you may have the impression you do not
need it, but still the system should be up to date, to not allow undesired
intrusions.
If you are target or not - you do not know. I see in the last couple of
months constant brute force attacks on my ssh server, although I do not
believe I am a target too. These are not people, these are machines and
they do not make exception for you or for me.
regards