[clug] Plug computer

[Bryan Kilgallin (iiNet)]

> {
> Marvell Sheeva core 1.2GHz speed...
> Debian Lenny
> Linux 2.6.33.6 Kernel
> }
> Are those specs "unpatched vulnerabilities"?

"In fact, in a presentation at Linux Security Summit 2016, Kees Cook 
highlighted two examples of critical security vulnerabilities in the 
Linux kernel: one being present in kernel versions from 2.6.1 all the 
way to 3.15, the other from 3.4 to 3.14."...

"45.5% of the respondents said that updates were never being deployed to 
their products."

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/key-considerations-software-updates-embedded-linux-and-iot

Are such embedded devices then unusable?
-- 
www.netspeed.com.au/bryan/