“Staying Current with Your Distribution's Security Updates” was published in the January 2005 issue of Linux Journal.

Debian

General Info: www.debian.org/security

Mailing List: lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce

dpkg FAQ: www.dpkg.org/faq

APT HOWTO: www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto

Fedora Core

General Info: fedora.redhat.com/download/updates.html

Mailing List: www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list

Yum: www.linux.duke.edu/projects/yum

Mandrake

General Info: www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

Mailing List: www.mandrakelinux.com/en/flists.php3#security

urpmi Source Configurator: easyurpmi.zarb.org

urpmi HOWTO: myweb.tiscali.co.uk/eggnbacon/docs/urpmi-howto

SuSE

General Info: www.suse.com/us/private/support/security

Mailing List: www.suse.com/us/private/support/online_help/mailinglists