Getting to F18

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 12/16/2012 10:04 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 12/16/2012 08:47 AM, Tim wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 11:18 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>> Unless you think you have a chance of being singled out by a goverment
>>> or if you don't trust some of the people/machines on your local
>>> network, this isn't a significant risk.
>> You don't think some malcontent might try to set up a bogus repo, or
>> damage another one, just because they're an ass?
> On the face of it, I'm pretty certain an outfit such as Red Hat won't
> allow such a thing to happen (it may be a possibility in testing i.e.
> Fedora for a short while but I doubt even that will happen). In fact,
> after another quick look at the link I see that a bug has now been
> filed: <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877623> about this.
>
> It's probably best to wait & see what happens when 18 ships & if this is
> still the case, it's up to individuals to approach the upgrade as they
> see fit.
>
> Cheers,
>
>    Phil...
>
I agree 100%! The days of people just blindly clicking on a link.....or 
downloading a file....or running an app just because it comes from a 
"trusted" vendor...are over!.....inspect and 
investigate.........research and read reviews.......do the leg-work that 
will keep you safe.....


EGO II