You might have a point there with your box Curt ;-) But, Windows has a nice little utility that will patch you system for you and pop up a nice little box near the clock that says system patched too... Windows Update works quite well actually. Now if it was only turned full on by default.
Ex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Purdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Exibar'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] The new Microsoft math: 1 patch for 14 vulnerabilities, MS04-011 > Exibar wrote: > > Do the world a favor and hide behind your precious little > > *nix machines > > and *think* that you're immune to patching and security holes > > while the "bad > > guys" happily take over your systems, one by one.... > > Got you all beat with my newest and most beloved desktop, namely a dual G5 > Mac running Panther OSX. One of, if not THE most secure *NIX kernels, BSD, > known for having the fewest vulns, combined with THE most awesome gui > around. > > Toss in nice features like an auto patcher that drops a prominant dialogue > in the middle of your screen the moment it detects a patch, and the ability > to have a terminal session where you can execute all the *NIX commands and > scripts you're used to, and I have everything in a desktop I've always > wanted. > > In addition to be blazingly fast, and an OS that has had one virus in 5 > years, the aluminum box looks really cool. I'm in love. > > Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA > Information Security Engineer > DP Solutions > > ---------------------------------------- > > If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. > What's more, you deserve to be hacked. > -- White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
