** Reply to message from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:43:34 -0500
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:24:58 +0200, Petri Helenius said:
that windowsupdate provided with 10+ critical and 10+ other updates (the OS had Service Pack 1 installed)
The box should have been labeled "don´t connect this device to the public internet".
Question: What speed access is needed to guarantee "mean time to download patches" is significantly less than "mean time to probed by packet-to-0wn" (significantly == 20x lower still gives a 5% chance of getting 0wned while patching)?
I tend to install the freebie Zonealarm before hooking those systems up to the Internet.... Snake-Oil they may claim, but it does seem to chop the chances of my getting wormed before getting the updates downloaded. -- Jeff Shultz Loose nut behind the wheel.