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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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