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Adrian C

On 07/11/2013 16:08, wrote:
I update nothing, period.

Lemme tellya a little story that happened to me recently.

snip

Uninstall Java or block it from running inside the browser. Unpatched
it's dangerous and you very probably don't need it for anything critical
anyway.

Any other security measures are not wholy needed, the original point of
the internet was to allow folks to freely share information without
hinderance. You should allow open access to all (guest account, public
user group etc...), and willingly accept presents left. Don't leave
things on your machine to take if these things are valuable to you, and
don't configure your machine in such a way that it would be an
uncontrollable nuisance to others.

Now the $64,000 question is - can you really do the above trustily with
Microsoft software, especially with outdated unpatched items? I think not.

In two words - buffer overrun. In one word. ****e.

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Adrian C