Re: How necessary are security updates?

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Author: Siri Amrit Kaur
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: How necessary are security updates?
On Thursday 14 October 2004 08:56 am, Jay Jacobson wrote:
> One possible option is that Edgeos <http://www.edgeos.com> offers one free
> complete external vulnerability assessment. This will not only test all
> 65,535 TCP ports, but also test for 2,500+ potential vulnerabilities and
> attacks. You can sign up and get the one free assessment at
> <https://www.edgeos.com/order/>.
>
> In the interest of full disclosure, I am associated with Edgeos. However,
> the option I describe above is completely free.
>
> ~Jay


Thank you for the link, Jay. I did a full port scan. According to the scan, my
system didn't respond to pings, had no open network ports and no known
security threats. The report said my system was immune to the 2520 possible
security threats used in the analysis. It's comforting to know this.

Siri Amrit
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