On Sun, 20 May 2007 02:33:24 -0400 "Walter Dnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you're connecting to the internet, you *MUST* keep your system up > to date, to maintain security. Not necessarily. You only have to update programs with known security holes. New versions are just as likely to introduce unknown holes as fix old unknown holes. Furthermore, for most persons' desktop/laptop systems, there's no need to be listening on any ports at all. That should tighten up security pretty well, so I don't see why it's so critical to always be updating. Perhaps i'm wrong? That having been said, I do think it's generally a good idea to keep up to date. Wait too long, and you just cause unnecessary problems for yourself when you finally need to upgrade something. But that having been said, if you find it a giant hassle, why not just stop doing it unless absolutely necessary? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
