updating a system

[Michael]

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.