On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Viraj Alankar wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 bugzillaat_private wrote: > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory > > > > Synopsis: Linux kernel 2.2.19 now available, provides security fixes, enhancements > > Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:047-03 > > Issue date: 2001-04-10 > > Updated on: 2001-04-10 > > Product: Red Hat Linux > > Keywords: kernel 2.2.19 nfs e100 ptrace sysctl exec > > Cross references: > > Obsoletes: RHSA-2001:013 > > Is it me or is this issue date incorrect? Looking up all of the bug IDs > associated with this advisory shows that none have been resolved before > 4/17/2001, and many are still not even marked as resolved. > > This date seems misleading to me, because I've never seen or heard of such > an update by Redhat. It seems to give the wrong impression that this > security update was available from them on 4/10/2001. Though I am not > trying to attack Redhat, can anyone confirm this patch was available at > the date specified? The update was a bit later online in fact. It was in the update of 17/4/2001 I received it from the mirror site here at XS4ALL and the files are dated 16/04/2001 around 14:00 localtime. It seems the proper date should be the 17th and not the 10th. Propably a slight mistake. Files check out allright if you compare the MD5 sums and GPG key. Hugo. -- Alle email aan mij verzonden is gebonden aan de regels beschreven op mijn homepage. All email send to me is bound to the rules described on my homepage. Hugo van der Kooij; Oranje Nassaustraat 16; 3155 VJ Maasland hvdkooijat_private http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ Don't meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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