From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Geo wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:44b1efda{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> Good lord, methinks you're trying your hardest to find faults where none
>> exist.
>
> No, I'm asking questions and learning. If the questions sound hard or
> pointed, well that's how I think, vendors hate it but it serves me well.
>

mmmkay. updating your system from online repositories has been fairly std
for some time now in the world of linux.

>> A) There is usually a GUI so you can calm down Geo, there are pictures &
>> buttons etc.
>
> Last time I had to configure a static IP in knoppix I got to click on a
> pretty picture to click on... then I got a command window with green print
> and everything started to spin .
>




>> B) You can select on a wide level of granularity from "apply all
>> security fixes" to "just apply ssh security fixes"
to "apply this
>> specific update for this specific package".
>
> Ok, so it's easy to tell which ones are security patches? That's pretty much
> all I ever take from MS and I even read the details of the exploits to
> decide if each machine really needs a specific patch. For example I never
> patch outlook express on web servers.
>

Yup you hook up to a "security updates" repo. Usually a distro
has this as a specific repo or their "update" is just security
fixes.

Adam

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