thought's about upgrading to RedHat 8.0

[Simon Matter]

Bryntez schrieb:
> 
> Hi list...
> 
> Regarding: Redhat 8.0 is out.....

Yes, and it's a *.0 RedHat release!
While the desktop looks nice, I don't trust it as a server. I have
installed beta's limbo and null and have posted several bug reports to
their bugzilla just to find out now that those bugs are still not fixed
in 8.0.

Simon

> 
> I have a perfectly (at least I belive so) working Cyrus imap
> production server running on a RedHat 7.3 platform.
> 
> But the latest development in security and virus related issues,
> it looks like I should upgrade this system to RedHat 8.0. I'm
> thinking especially about the ssl port 433 stuff (slapper.worm)
> 
> We're running Cyrus Sasl 2.1.5 and Cyrus Imap 2.1.5 with
> MySQL and Postfix systems, providing users/domain dbase and smtp
> services with smtp sasl authentication. I've also put in a suitable
> amount of effort into the Apache php system, to customise the
> various utilities needed for a successful webmail solution.
> 
> You know - when you have a working box - you don't want to mess
> things up by any unessesary software upgrades, which can give
> you a lot of headache outwards the evening.... :-)
> 
> Any thoughts or recommendations regarding upgrading to
> Redhat 8.0 ?