Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 01, 2003 02:54 AM
The point being, even if the system is hacked, you can restore it back to it's pre-hack state by simply rebooting.
Actually, while that's true, it doesn't change the fact that the underlying vulnerability that caused the box to get hacked in the first place is still burned into the CD. You reboot, they re-hack (if that's such a word). The only real option is to update the CD as vulnerabilities are found.
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Re:Security Updates?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 01, 2003 02:54 AMActually, while that's true, it doesn't change the fact that the underlying vulnerability that caused the box to get hacked in the first place is still burned into the CD. You reboot, they re-hack (if that's such a word). The only real option is to update the CD as vulnerabilities are found.
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