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to: Adam
from: Geo
date: 2006-07-07 20:30:16
subject: Re: Yum Update

From: "Geo" 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:44acaa52{at}w3.nls.net...

> > So? A cd is 700mb so what this tells me is that every program on that CD
got
> > exploited in 3 months, that's insane!
> >
>
> Ummm no. (A) It's like having a vast collection of software not simply
> an OS & (B) it depends if it was updates or security updates. if it was
> updates then any updates wot ave been released into the wild & bundled
> up in the required install format will come down the pipe.

Ok follow the logic here.

I get the CD and install the OS and whatever apps I want, right? So now
every 3 months I have to update every file on my computer if I want to stay
secure since every file has been updated and I can't tell the security
updates from the other updates.

It's still seems nuts to me.

Geo.

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