Alexander Antonov wrote:
I believe the issue of automatic updates was already discussed on other security-related lists.
Yes, I agree, but that's not what I was commenting on specifically.
Certainly, we've seen automatic patches for a few years now. (And for
many systems, e.g., desktop users, I
Ken,
I believe the issue of automatic updates was already discussed on other
security-related lists. There are two main problems:
- everybody who has subscribed is at a complete mercy of the software manufacturer, if
a new bug is introduced in a new release, then everybody becomes vulnerable be
FYI, I just saw an opinion piece on Computerworld written by Bill Addington
called "Slow down the security patch cycle". (See
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,92037,00.html for full
story.) In the article, the author discusses some possible solutions for
improving the distri
