Hallo Schmehl, * Schmehl, Paul L <pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-03-19 14:51]: > > Updating any OS is a pain in the ass, but all of them have > > flaws and need to be updated. I find that at least with the > > UNIX-like ones, you can go on the Net and do your updates > > faster than you get rooted. > > This is foolish thinking. Do you really think that, when a patch comes > out, *then* the hackers start working on exploits? The exploits were > being used *long* before the patch comes out. The only thing a patch > gets you is protection against *future* hack attempts against *that* > weakness. and thats quite logic because noone writes a patch before he tested this vulnerability for example with an exploit. if the exploiter releases his exploit on public websites is another question. regards nico -- Nico Golde | nico@xxxxxxxxx | 310777820@ICQ | nion@xxxxxxx http://www.ngolde.de | GnuPG Key: http://www.ngolde.de/gpg/nico_golde.gpg Fingerprint | FF46 E565 5CC1 E2E5 3F69 C739 1D87 E549 7364 7CFF echo "[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb729901041524823122snlbxq"|dc
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