On Monday 23 March 2009 23:01:24 Tapani Tarvainen wrote: >On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:54:27AM +0800, Long Wind (longwind2...@gmail.com) wrote: >> Even after installing all security updates, >> can you be sure your system is safe? >> There may be new security problem discovered at any time >True. You can never be 100% sure. But: >> If I do not install latest security updates and do not get attacked, >> am I wasting time by worrying and installing security updates? >No, unless you have some magic way of ensuring you'll never get attacked. >The security updates fix _known_ security problems - >the bad guys will know them, too. If you don't install the patches, >your system will be significantly more vulnerable than if you do.
Also, while there have been some gotchas in (very) recent memory. It is possible to use the unattended-upgrades package to install security updates regularly (every day or whatever assuages your nervousness) without user intervention. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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