[Lula] postfix weird IP address changes...

[Peter Benjamin]

At 04:36 PM 4/12/2007, TheBlueSage wrote:
>no, but it suddenly went away..... not that that is a good sign,

It fits my prediction for my suspicions for the problem.
Someone was trying to hack your web server and merely
was able to crash it, and not get a root exploit.
This situation is likely very good for you.

It means your current configuration is hack proof enough.
And all that is needed is a monitor to restart the web server.

Upgrading Apache in the hope the new release of software will not
have the same exploit merely brings you the possibility of
a less secure configuration/software from other exploits not
yet discovered.  Imho.

It's best, imo, to stick with a "most" secure release of software,
rather than upgrade into the unknown, just on the chance it's
more secure.  Upgrade to get desired/needed features is a 
good business practice, rather than upgrading on a "chance" or
hope, that does not bring any additional "known" security level.

YMMV

Now, the question is how to determine what is the most secure
release.  Typically, so I have been told, is the software
development forum has this information posted, as expert
opinions of the very developers who fix the problems, and
have found a release to have the fewest exploits, and no
root access exploits.  That is the release I want to use.