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Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html

Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor wrote:

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> Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.
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> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html


No O/S is bullet Proof.

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I run MS XP Pro and SuSE Linux Pro and I like both of them.

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:37:14 -0400, Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor wrote:

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>Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.
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>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html
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Is any O/S Bullet Proof?

There have been equally as serious UNIX flaws as a well known O/S from
Redmond, just many less.

Well worth keeping an eye on is http://www.cert.org/

Me

Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor wrote:

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> Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.
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> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html

No surprise. No OS that I know of has been absolutely invulnerable from the
start yet. The difference between closed and open source systems is the
long-term availability of developer resources, patches and fixes from
community support, even after the official end-of-life of a product,
provided the product is still in use and widespread enough. There's also
always paid support due to free availability of source code.
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:50:32 +0000, Duane Arnold wrote:

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> Duane
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> I run MS XP Pro and SuSE Linux Pro and I like both of them.

Cool. Get streamer, streamripper,Gthumb, Endeavour. I could go on and on.
Get rooted...

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It is alleged that sometime during Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:18:20 +0000, why?
wrote this:

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> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:37:14 -0400, Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor wrote:
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>>Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.
>>
>>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html
>>
>>
> Is any O/S Bullet Proof?
>
> There have been equally as serious UNIX flaws as a well known O/S from
> Redmond, just many less.

*More* serious & *more* often. Nothing more serious than making the user
an admin by default, IMO. That doesn't happen in linux.
As for SuSE's security flaws: 30 since January 1st, but only 17 affected
my installations. I wonder how many Windoze ones there were for the same
period, not forgetting viruses too!

> Well worth keeping an eye on is http://www.cert.org/

I get reports direct from SuSE, & depending on *what* I'm running, they're
installed within 24hours.

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It is alleged that sometime during Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:06:00 +0100, sqool
wrote this:

I should have said "well known O/S from Redmond, they are *more* serious &
*more* often. Just to make it clear.

Parko wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:50:32 +0000, Duane Arnold wrote:
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>> --
>> Duane
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>> I run MS XP Pro and SuSE Linux Pro and I like both of them.
>
> Cool. Get streamer, streamripper,Gthumb, Endeavour. I could go on and on.
> Get rooted...
>

I'll check them out. What I need to find is a SuSE Linux Pro *book* that
matches the XP Professional Resource Kit book that will give me the
technical information about the O/S I am looking for. Linux is not on my
network just to be setting there and playing around with it. It's about
those $$$$ I need to make with Linux and MS skills using .NET.

--
Duane

I run MS XP Pro and SuSE Linux Pro and I like both of them.

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:06:00 +0100, sqool wrote:

>It is alleged that sometime during Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:18:20 +0000, why?
>wrote this:
>
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>> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:37:14 -0400, Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Apple patches 15 security flaws in UNIX based OS X.
>>>
>>>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5350010.html
>>>
>>>
>> Is any O/S Bullet Proof?
>>
>> There have been equally as serious UNIX flaws as a well known O/S from
>> Redmond, just many less.
>
>*More* serious & *more* often. Nothing more serious than making the user
>an admin by default, IMO. That doesn't happen in linux.

Yea, I just did my first XP Pro a few weeks ago and was shocked at that.
Talk about stupid.

As you say it doesn't happen in Linux, but I sometimes feel more people
simply use root anyway.

>As for SuSE's security flaws: 30 since January 1st, but only 17 affected
>my installations. I wonder how many Windoze ones there were for the same
>period, not forgetting viruses too!

MS seems to be hitting 40+ per year most of which are base OS/IE/OE
critical. My own Linux systems 90% are updates to apps simply new
versions and hardly for security flaws and some kernel updates. Many of
the updates don't affect me either as they were for apps never
installed, unlike some MS one's where simply having IE but even if it's
never used was subject to several critical patches.

>> Well worth keeping an eye on is http://www.cert.org/
>
>I get reports direct from SuSE, & depending on *what* I'm running, they're
>installed within 24hours.

I had that from RH , the RH Updates mail, very nice feature as well.
Also hav never had a RH patch go bad on me like a few MS ones did.

Me

It is alleged that sometime during Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:07:46 +0000, why?
wrote this:

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>>I get reports direct from SuSE, & depending on *what* I'm running,
>>they're installed within 24hours.
>
> I had that from RH , the RH Updates mail, very nice feature as well. Also
> hav never had a RH patch go bad on me like a few MS ones did.

No, in all the years I've used SuSE, I've not had a bad patch (that I can
recall) & I don't remember it breaking anything either.

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Self-help video: Get Confident-Stupid!
Instructional driving videos-
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The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot.