Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 15, 2006 12:10 AM
Somebody hasn't been applying their patches then...
That's because I know what I'm doing. I only apply the patches that either a) fix something that is actually broken on one of my machines (extremely rare) or b) are a valid security fix. By valid I mean "wasn't produced in response to moronic unix admins running windows boxes who can't grok how to secure the windows box" Like, for example, the one for code red. If you followed proper security best practices, that patch wasn't necessary. On the other hand, if you're a unix admin who believes an OS should be completely locked down by default and therefore never have to know anything, you got hit and hit hard. In comparison, the daily spew of security and bug fixes for Linux is almost impossible to keep up with. Sure, you can "yum update", but that only leads to non-booting systems if you're not paying attention. Grill on all you like, we've tried your crappy little OS, we're not impressed. You just keep working harder than you have to, and the rest of us who got past 1979 will enjoy the show.
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Re:And the obligitory...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 15, 2006 12:10 AMThat's because I know what I'm doing. I only apply the patches that either a) fix something that is actually broken on one of my machines (extremely rare) or b) are a valid security fix. By valid I mean "wasn't produced in response to moronic unix admins running windows boxes who can't grok how to secure the windows box" Like, for example, the one for code red. If you followed proper security best practices, that patch wasn't necessary. On the other hand, if you're a unix admin who believes an OS should be completely locked down by default and therefore never have to know anything, you got hit and hit hard. In comparison, the daily spew of security and bug fixes for Linux is almost impossible to keep up with. Sure, you can "yum update", but that only leads to non-booting systems if you're not paying attention. Grill on all you like, we've tried your crappy little OS, we're not impressed. You just keep working harder than you have to, and the rest of us who got past 1979 will enjoy the show.
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