Newest Gnome versus LTS

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Donnerstag, den 18.07.2019, 05:46 -0400 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> 
> > you mean keeping your system vulnerable for a few extra days makes
> > much sense ?
> That depends on whats between your machines and the net. With a
> router 
> reflashed to dd-wrt (theres other equally secure stuff out there), 
> outsiders getting in is not a consideration. In 19 years, or close
> to 
> it, no one has gained access to my local network that wasn't given
> the 
> credentials.  It's simply not happened. So the fact that I've got 3 
> machines still running an old version is not a concern.

old versions of what ? 

if your browser has a vulnerability that allows an attacker a
javascript that key-logs your password input to your bank account (or
simply read all your ssh keys on disk ) and sends it out with the next
HTTP request to the hacker, a safe firewall doesnt gain you anything. 

a firewall is fine to save you from attacks against something you didnt
allow, but not for stuff you allow to go in and out (which you
certainly do for some stuff, else you wouldnt have to have a router at
all)

ciao
	oli
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