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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Crucial Servers <admin@crucialservers.net>
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 03:06:19PM -0500, Crucial Servers wrote:
> I wish this was an option for me but the contracted machine is in C&W's
> network operation center, not mine. I have no access to there machine
> besides remote root.

It's going to be pretty dangerous to update, then.  You need some kind
of fallback option when things go wrong - a remote serial console
would be best.  At the very least, set up an identical system locally
that you can practise on.

Kris

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