Re: [inbox] Re: 3 new MS patches next week... but none fix

[William Warren <hescomingsoon () verizon net>]

no not actually..most patches for linux patch the third party apps for 
the distribution..the only ones that require mods to the kernel are 
kernel vulns and theya re few and far between.

Exibar wrote:

>  
>
> > I think it is a totally lame approach.  The patch distribution problem
> > has been pretty much solved by other vendors.  We would all sleep better
> > at night if M$ would just get a clue.  Oh well.
> >
> > tim
> >    
>
>
>  It's not that Microsoft doesn't have a clue, they do.  We are getting
> regular patches for holes that are found are we not?  If they didn't have a
> clue, we would have yearly patches or none at all.  Ok, there may be some
> holes that aren't patched yet, but I'm sure they're working on them and
> they're coming.  Some patches just have to take precedence over others.
>
>  I've seen quite a few vulnerabilities come across this list in this past
> week, not many have vendor fixes yet either.  This is not a Microsoft
> exclusive problem.  We need a better way to patch systems, ALL systems.
>
>   I've said it once on another list, and I'll say it here, we need a sort
> of "patching server" that is on an isolated subnet.  When a machine first
> connects to the network, it gets an IP address and is only allowed to talk
> to the patching server(s).  Once the patching servers (for ALL OS's mind
> you) determine that the machine is up to date with it's patches, then and
> only then is it allowed to connect to the production network.
>
>  Now this won't take care of 0-day exploits for 0-day vulns, but it would
> have taken care of 95% of the scrambles that a lot of companies went through
> last year.
>
>
>  Let me ask this question, if you were running a company with 30,000 LINUX
> boxes.  How would you patch all of them?  Don't a lot of Linux patches
> require a re-build of the kernel?
>
>  Exibar
>
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