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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.
This is demonstrably not true - it depends who finds the problem.
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