[Olpc-sysadmin] Policy for kernel updates

[Luke Faraone]

Hi all,
Every once in a while an update like
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 comes out for the Linux kernel.
These are important updates which, if not applied, can greatly reduce our
security. Unlike other services, the kernel cannot be "warm-reloaded" at
this time, and so any new kernel version requires a system reboot.

We need to develop a policy for handling these reboots and applying updates
to reduce the possibility of an exploit.

-- 
Luke Faraone
http://luke.faraone.cc
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