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Keeping your Debian system secure
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Debian takes security very seriously: We handle all security problems brought to our attention and ensure that
are corrected within
a reasonable timeframe. Many advisories are coordinated with other free software vendors and are published the same
vulnerability is made public and we also have a Security Audit team that reviews the archive looking for new or unfixed security bugs.
Experience has shown that "security through obscurity" does not work. Public disclosure allows for more rapid and better solutions to
security problems. In that vein; this page addresses Debian's status with respect to various known security holes, which could
potentially affect Debian.
Debian also participates in security standardization efforts: the Debian Security_ Advisories are CVE Compatible (review the cross
references) and Debian is represented in the Board of the Qpen Vulnerability_ Assessment Language project.
Keeping your Debian system secure
In order to receive the latest Debian security advisories, subscribe to the debian-security_announce mailing list:
You can use apt to easily get the latest security updates: This requires a line such as
deb http: /security debian.0rg/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib
non-free
in your /etc/apt/sources.list file: Then execute apt
update 6& apt
upgrade to download and apply the pending updates: The
security archive is signed with the normal Debian archive signingkeys:
they
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