Title: Red Hat Linux - Update/Security/Contact Information

KBTAG: kben10000033
URL: http://www.securityportal.com/lskb/10000000/kben10000033.html
Date created: 14/04/2000
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Authors(s): Kurt Seifried seifried@securityportal.com
Topic: Contact information and URL's for Red Hat Linux, security and updates
Keywords: Distribution/RedHat

Summary:

Each Linux vendor does things a bit differently, and Red Hat Linux is no exception.

More information:

Red Hat's website has numerous pages listing security and errata information for their software releases. There is also a web based bug addition/tracking system, and an ftp site with all current updates and fixes (although getting in can be tricky during prime time, try a mirror).

http://www.redhat.com/support/updates.html - General page with links to errata and security information

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh62-errata-security.html - Red Hat 6.2 security errata (critical updates)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh62-errata-bugfixes.html - Red Hat 6.2 general errata

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh61-errata-security.html - Red Hat 6.1 security errata (critical updates)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh61-errata-general.html - Red Hat 6.1 security and general errata (critical updates)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh60-errata-general.html - Red Hat 6.0 security and general errata (critical updates)

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ - Red Hat's Bug tracking site

Downloads:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/ - Red Hat FTP site with updates / etc. for all software they make

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/ - Red Hat 6.2 updates (i386, SRPMS, etc.)

Notes:

You can find Red Hat 5.x and 4.x using the general support page, although You would be strongly advised to upgrade to Red Hat 6.2 (latest stable release, basically 6.0 with 1+ years of bugfixes and enhancements).