ubuntu 7.10 security

[alyarb]

I know this OS has long passed its EOL, but I am building an NDT server according to this guide:

http://www.debian-news.net/2008/02/21/network-diagnostic-tool-ndt-on-ubuntu-710-server/

and since I'm a newb I'm going to follow it to the letter. So obviously out of the box the normal gutsy repos don't work, so this is what I put in my sources.list:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse

is there anything else I need? How can I be sure this OS is fully patched as far as security goes?


thanks

 

[lxskllr]

It won't be fully patched. Those repos haven't had updates in years. If you're concerned about security, you should use something supported.

 

[alyarb]

Thanks. The update notifier wants me to upgrade 8.04, but this NDT guide involves recompiling and patching the kernel so I'm not sure if the guide "works" for 8.04.

I'm not sure if I can implement the guide and then upgrade to 8.04 because that might break something, not sure if I should stay with 7.10 heh. I don't understand why I can't just find an NDT appliance as an OVF template. why are they making me recompile stuff heh. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm just a dummy, so I can't give specific advice, but upgrading after building your system would likely break it. Of course if it worked, you'd be upgraded to another unsupported system :^D

If it were me, I'd look into achieving your goals with a different method. Either find current instructions/software to get what you want, or attack the problem from a different direction, and use a different software setup.

 

[alyarb]

You're right, interestingly perfsonar maintains a knoppix build that includes the web100/NDT stuff I need and a lot of other stuff so I'll try that. my never-used-linux boss is going to think what a pussy, but this should be better in the long run. thanks