full-disclosure - Operating Systems Security, "Microsoft Security, baby steps"

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Message-ID: <15533237421C6E4296CC33A2090B224A01270BD2@UTDEVS02.campus.ad.utdallas.edu>
From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Schmehl, Paul L)
Subject: Operating Systems Security, "Microsoft Security, baby steps"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
> Todd Burroughs
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:17 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Operating Systems Security, 
> "Microsoft Security, baby steps"
> 
> Updating any OS is a pain in the ass, but all of them have 
> flaws and need to be updated.  I find that at least with the 
> UNIX-like ones, you can go on the Net and do your updates 
> faster than you get rooted.

This is foolish thinking.  Do you really think that, when a patch comes
out, *then* the hackers start working on exploits?  The exploits were
being used *long* before the patch comes out.  The only thing a patch
gets you is protection against *future* hack attempts against *that*
weakness.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/