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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ascertaining what security holes will affect your system is complicated.
> > If you have to ask this question, then I recommend that you apply all
> > security updates immediately and always assume that every vulnerability
> > is a potential problem for you.
> 
> Because 7.0 updates will no longer be made about a month from now, I
> guess this means that I should upgrade to 7.1?

That would be my opinion.  The good news is that you have a month to
plan and schedule the upgrade, and the change from 7.0 to 7.1 is pretty
minor.  I upgraded 3 systems with no manual intervention aside from
mergemaster.

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Bill Moran
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