Fake Red Hat security update

Fake Red Hat security update

Posted Oct 28, 2004 19:57 UTC (Thu) by Alan_Hicks (subscriber, #20469)
In reply to: Fake Red Hat security update by ccchips
Parent article: Fake Red Hat security update

- Security patch announcements from reputable companies don't come by e-mail

You just called Slackware Inc. an irreputable company by inference. Granted, Slackware Inc. only sends security advisories out by the mailing list, so if you meant that they don't randomnly send out e-mails to users, you're correct.

Of course, those e-mails (as well as the packages) are digitally signed, meaning you can verify if it really did come from Slackware Inc. or not.

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