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Re: [News] Microsoft: 5 Unpatched "Critical" Holes Can Allow Hijacker to Take Control of Windows

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft: 5 Unpatched "Critical" Holes Can Allow Hijacker to Take Control of Windows
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:15:45 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1660089.sFhN97C1R7@schestowitz.com> <pan.2006.11.15.20.45.54.393729@NOJUNKrocketcomp.com.au>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1182656
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Ian Semmel <RocketLinuxNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:57:05 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Microsoft warns of 5 "critical" security holes
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft Corp.  on Tuesday issued five
>> | "critical" security patches to fix flaws in its software
>> | that the company warned could allow attackers to takec
>> | ontrol of a user's computer.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/microsoft_security_dc
>> 
>> Does you bank have Windows servers...? How about your hospital...?
>> 
>> 5 holes.
>> 
>> Critical.
>> 
>> Unpatched.
>> 
>> Exploits 'in the wild'.
> 
> So the security patches that ubuntu loaded down to my machine yesterday
> weren't critical ? Why do they bother then ?
> 

In order that your Ubuntu machine remains secure, of course, otherwise
it would begin to look like a Windows machine with respect to security,
with unpatched critical security problems and exploits in the wild.
This is why Linux is so superior from a security perspective.



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