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diff --git a/slackbook/html/security-current.html b/slackbook/html/security-current.html deleted file mode 100644 index 12e20716..00000000 --- a/slackbook/html/security-current.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> -<head> -<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> -<title>Keeping Current</title> -<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> -<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> -<link rel="UP" title="Security" href="security.html" /> -<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Host Access Control" href="security-host.html" /> -<link rel="NEXT" title="Archive Files" href="archive-files.html" /> -<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> -</head> -<body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" -alink="#0000FF"> -<div class="NAVHEADER"> -<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" -cellspacing="0"> -<tr> -<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="security-host.html" -accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> -<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 14 Security</td> -<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="archive-files.html" -accesskey="N">Next</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> -</div> - -<div class="SECT1"> -<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="SECURITY-CURRENT" name="SECURITY-CURRENT">14.3 Keeping -Current</a></h1> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="SECURITY-CURRENT-LIST" name="SECURITY-CURRENT-LIST">14.3.1 <var -class="LITERAL">slackware-security</var> mailing list</a></h2> - -<p>Whenever a security problem affects Slackware, an email is sent to all subscribers to -the <var class="LITERAL">slackware-security@slackware.com</var> mailing list. Reports are -sent out for vulnerabilities of any part of Slackware, apart from the software in <tt -class="FILENAME">/extra</tt> or <tt class="FILENAME">/pasture</tt>. These security -announcement emails include details on obtaining updated versions of Slackware packages -or work-arounds, if any.</p> - -<p>Subscribing to Slackware mailing lists is covered in <a -href="help-online.html#HELP-ONLINE-EMAIL">Section 2.2.2</a>.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="SECURITY-CURRENT-PATCHES" name="SECURITY-CURRENT-PATCHES">14.3.2 -The <tt class="FILENAME">/patches</tt> directory</a></h2> - -<p>Whenever updated packages are released for a version of Slackware (usually only to fix -a security problem, in the case of already released Slackware versions), they are placed -in the <tt class="FILENAME">/patches</tt> directory. The full path to these patches will -depend on the mirror you are using, but will take the form <tt -class="FILENAME">/path/to/slackware-x.x/patches/</tt>.</p> - -<p>Before installing these packages, it is a good idea to verify the <tt -class="COMMAND">md5sum</tt> of the package. <tt class="COMMAND">md5sum</tt>(1) is a -commandline utility that creates a “unique” mathematical hash of the file. If -a single bit of the file has been changed, it will generate a different md5sum value.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd -class="USERINPUT">md5sum package-<ver>-<arch>-<rev>.tgz</kbd> -6341417aa1c025448b53073a1f1d287d package-<ver>-<arch>-<rev>.tgz -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>You should then check this against the line for the new package in the <tt -class="FILENAME">CHECKSUMS.md5</tt> file in the root of the <tt -class="FILENAME">slackware-<var class="REPLACEABLE">$VERSION</var></tt> directory (also -in the <tt class="FILENAME">/patches</tt> directory for patches) or in the email to the -<var class="LITERAL">slackware-security</var> mailing list.</p> - -<p>If you have a file with the md5sum values in it, you can source it instead with the -<var class="OPTION">-c</var> option to <tt class="COMMAND">md5sum</tt>.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">md5sum -c CHECKSUMS.md5</kbd> -./ANNOUNCE.10_0: OK -./BOOTING.TXT: OK -./COPYING: OK -./COPYRIGHT.TXT: OK -./CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT: OK -./ChangeLog.txt: OK -./FAQ.TXT: FAILED -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>As you can see, any files that <tt class="COMMAND">md5sum</tt> evaluates as correct -are listed “<var class="LITERAL">OK</var>” while files that fail are labelled -“<var class="LITERAL">FAILED</var>”. 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