Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > That is really stupid since there's been many security patches that have > come out in the last year that require rebooting during their install.
My NT machine does not require them. > If your NT system touches a network that touches the Internet, it needs > to be patched to current levels. It doesn't touch anything. > Failing to do this means you have a > lack of consideration for the rest of us on the Internet, as unpatched > Windows systems are the single greatest source of viruses and spam and > attacks and other trouble on the Internet today. A system that isn't exposed to the Internet is not vulnerable to direct attacks, and prudent use of the system renders it invulnerable to indirect attacks (clicking on infected e-mail, for example). This particular system hardly does anything right now; it supports a handful of legacy apps, and that's all. > I suppose you don't fix the catalyatic converter on your car when > it ruptures, either. I don't have a car. > Yes it is. That is why Diskkeeper is standard for all NTFS servers that > exist within Microsoft. Another little Microsoft secret for Microsquish > employees and their friends. I never saw much of a difference after running defrag on NTFS, so I don't do it much anymore. > Except that your not patching, and worse you announced your running > unpatched windows systems on a public forum ... No, I'm not. > - hmm, let's see if I can get that keyboard capture program installed > on your system before the others do.... Since I have just about everything disabled--no Javascript, no ActiveX, no Java, no HTML--that might be difficult. I never execute attachments, and none of the software I have will execute attachments implicitly. I've installed the patches for the JPEG vulnerability. As I've said, the only virus infection I've ever had was on FreeBSD. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
