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On Sun, 20 May 2007 02:33:24 -0400 |
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"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> If you're connecting to the internet, you *MUST* keep your system up |
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> to date, to maintain security. |
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Not necessarily. You only have to update programs with known security |
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holes. New versions are just as likely to introduce unknown holes as |
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fix old unknown holes. Furthermore, for most persons' |
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desktop/laptop systems, there's no need to be listening on any ports at |
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all. That should tighten up security pretty well, so I don't see why |
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it's so critical to always be updating. Perhaps i'm wrong? |
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That having been said, I do think it's generally a good idea to keep up |
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to date. Wait too long, and you just cause unnecessary problems for |
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yourself when you finally need to upgrade something. But that having |
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been said, if you find it a giant hassle, why not just stop doing it |
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unless absolutely necessary? |
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