CentOS - Apr 2012 - CentOS-Base.repo file for CentOS-4.9 in Vault

All,

There have been many people asking for how to do installs now that
CentOS-4 has moved past End Of Life.

First, I want to tell you that it is VERY dangerous to use CentOS-4
now.  There is at least 1 critical (ie, remotely exploitable root) issue
on CentOS 4 already:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1182

The number of unpatched critical issues will grow.  Using CentOS-4 is
NOT safe.

That being said, here is how you can use the Vault.  I have created a
CentOS-Base.repo that should work for users who absolutely need it:

http://vault.centos.org/4.9/CentOS-Base.repo

If you replace your current file with this file, you should be able to
use the vault.

There will be no updates to the files there.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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On 04/20/2012 04:22 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> All,
>
> There have been many people asking for how to do installs now that
> CentOS-4 has moved past End Of Life.
>
> First, I want to tell you that it is VERY dangerous to use CentOS-4
> now.  There is at least 1 critical (ie, remotely exploitable root) issue
> on CentOS 4 already:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1182
>
> The number of unpatched critical issues will grow.  Using CentOS-4 is
> NOT safe.
>
> That being said, here is how you can use the Vault.  I have created a
> CentOS-Base.repo that should work for users who absolutely need it:
>
> http://vault.centos.org/4.9/CentOS-Base.repo
>
> If you replace your current file with this file, you should be able to
> use the vault.
>
> There will be no updates to the files there.
Note:  This file has been pushed to the Vault master server.  It may
take up to 30 minutes for it to show up on all the vault servers.

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