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On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:05:49 +0100, Martin <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote:

Perhaps, but this does not mean that most users know about, or update
their systems. Even unix sys admins don't do a reliable job, as the
last worm demonstrated.

Which worm? The one great internet worm of the 1980's, or something more 
recent?

There was one what... two years back?  Red something?

No, it was about the same time as Code Red, I guess - Slapper.

I was off a little bit on the date, it was September of 2002.  It also 
only had any effect on x86 architecture and folks running Apache with 
SSL support.

Note that all the recent mass worms have been MS specific worms/viruses.

They're so common it's hard to find the Linux/Unix worms in the mix.

The need for updates is going to be on-going for some time yet. At least 
in Linux there is no or little pressure to add extra features in an 
update that then adds extra bugs over the ones supposedly being fixed...

And they actually get fixed, quickly.  Right after they're discovered.

-- 
Rob                                |  If not safe,
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