> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Todd Burroughs > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Operating Systems Security, > "Microsoft Security, baby steps" > > 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. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
