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On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 12:41:38PM -0400, Ed Hill wrote: > These days, the Linux situation has changed in two big ways: > > 1) By default, most current Linux distributions are quite > secure. > > 2) Essentially all updates can be automated so that > they require little or no manual attention by trained > admins. I would also add a third point: People take their security more seriously now. Security wasn't even a subject of discussion for the average ISP user a few years ago; now everyone is at least talking about anti-virus systems, anti-spam systems, firewalls, VPNs, and so forth. This is more important than it may initially seem: security needs action, and action isn't taken without discussion. If your average user has never thought about security, it's much harder to convince him to close a hole. Now we have people thinking and talking about security... so we have a chance of getting them to do something about it. -dsr- -- Network engineer / Sysadmin / Pre-Sales available in the Boston area. http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr
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