Steve wrote:
>
> Thus, there is a need to stay abreast of security updates,
> and apply them as appropriate.
Sorry, Steve. I don't give a hoot about security updates.
There are four reasons for this:
(1) I am on a dial-up connection and am only exposed for
a few minutes at a time.
(2) I leave all services turned off, except when I am
actually using them.
(3) My /etc/hosts.deny is set to ALL: ALL
(4) I am running a firewall (mainly to share my connection
between two computers, but its default policy has been
set to deny).
IMHO most of the Linux security paranoia is a legacy of Unix
(like vi). There is no good reason for a personal user of Linux
to learn vi or to worry about security updates. Just set up your
system sensibly in the first place and you should have no worries.
Cheers,
Steven
