[ale] openssl related software question

[Jonathan Rickman]

On 30 Jul 2002, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Can you expand a bit on how you would address this update in
> "Slackworld" in the case of 1) pre-existing Slack installation and 2)
> starting a new installation?  I'm just trying to get my head around
> handling code control of this nature.

Simple. I ama firm believer in setting up a very trim initial installation
just to get up and running. Then I install everything else from source,
much like I did years ago when Slackware was in its infancy and I was 100%
clueless. Now I'm only 50% clueless so those all night installations
aren't that bad. The advantage to doing things this way is very simple.
When you build a system this way, you become intimately familiar with
everything. All the guess work is removed from the picture. I wont get
into the disadvantages of doing things this way. To do so would probably
leave no doubt that I am still a full 50% clueless and might even get me
labeled as some sort of curmudgeon at a very young age.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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