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From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>
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Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
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Date: 24 Feb 1996 20:15:51 +0100
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gahull@ccs.neu.edu (Gregory Hull)
> 	Umm.. Before __ever__ considering using Linux in a commercial 
> environment, I'd be sure to read through the Linux Alert archive.  Linux, out
> of the box, Red Hat especially it seems, is full of holes.

Mind your verb tense.  Archives list _past_ bugs, not _current_ bugs.

I would be greatly interested in a list of security problems with the
_current_ .rpm's.

--Arnt