[LINK] Microsoft Shores Up Windows Server Against Attacks March31, 20

[Michael Still]

Howard Lowndes wrote:

>> I'm more curious in this case as to daemons in half configured states 
>> being exposed to the interweb without iptables running. Then again, I 
>> guess they haven't been started until configured. Wouldn't this be the 
>> case for Microsoft's services as well though?
>>
>> If we're talking about poorly patched software here, then Debian 
>> stable is a shining example of this sort of risk... Lots of very old 
>> software, unprotected in the default install by a firewall.
> 
> Old software != unpatched old software != unprotected old software.

If the distro is patching their installer CDs. 
http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-cd/images/3.0_r3/i386/ tells me that 
Debian hasn't done that since October last year for instance.

>> Is this really a Windows specific problem, or have the Linux distros 
>> just been lucky so far?
> 
> No, they are just far better maintained.

Ummm. You still haven't proven that assetion though.

Mikal

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