rpm version-release in Version strings of OpenSSH, Apache etc?

Pekka Savola pekkas at netcore.fi
Fri Sep 26 09:30:00 UTC 2003


Hi,

Would it make sense to add the rpm version-release strings in the OpenSSH, 
Apache, etc. banners, e.g. like..:

SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.5p1 3.5p1-11

instead of just:

SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.5p1

.. this should be rather straightforward for the build process.

The gain would be that if you e.g. perform security scans in your network 
you could identify whether a patched version has been installed in the 
systems in question..

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings





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