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This article is from the Security Patches FAQ, by Christopher Klaus cklaus@iss.net with numerous contributions by others.

2 - Type of Operating System and its Vulnerabilities (Security Patches)

To find some of the newer patches, using archie and xarchie can be a useful
tool. Some caution must be used when using patches obtained from FTP sites.
It is known that some ftp sites have been compromised in the past and files
were replaced with trojans. Please verify the checksums for the patches.

 

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