full-disclosure - The new Microsoft math: 1 patch for 14 vulnerabilities, MS04-011

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From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy)
Subject: The new Microsoft math:  1 patch for 14 vulnerabilities, MS04-011

Exibar wrote:
> Do the world a favor and hide behind your precious little
> *nix machines
> and *think* that you're immune to patching and security holes
> while the "bad
> guys" happily take over your systems, one by one....

Got you all beat with my newest and most beloved desktop, namely a dual G5
Mac running Panther OSX.  One of, if not THE most secure *NIX kernels, BSD,
known for having the fewest vulns, combined with THE most awesome gui
around.

Toss in nice features like an auto patcher that drops a prominant dialogue
in the middle of your screen the moment it detects a patch, and the ability
to have a terminal session where you can execute all the *NIX commands and
scripts you're used to, and I have everything in a desktop I've always
wanted.

In addition to be blazingly fast, and an OS that has had one virus in 5
years, the aluminum box looks really cool.  I'm in love.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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