updating a system

[Michael]

do you 'apt-get upgrade' to update a debian system?

On Monday 17 April 2006 17:46, Michael wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 21:52, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:00:33PM -0700, Michael wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 17:51, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> > > >  you don't
> > > > really care if the scripts kiddies know
> > >
> > > I thought only windows users worried about script kiddies.  Wait....
> > > Java is cross-platform so I suppose. But the inner workings of *nix
> > > aren't the same.... I am confused!
>
>  If you keep up with updates you shouldn't have much worry. But there are
>  plenty who would/will try to get into a Linux box. They look for open
>  services that may have an unpatched vulnerability. It happens on Linux,
>  too! The difference with Linux is that usually nobody hides it, and the
>  fix gets out quicker. None of that will help you if you don't update
>  your system.
>
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