, 2004-03-24
Let's face it - there is no way for dial-up users on any major operating system to keep their computers up-to-date and patched. OK, maybe "no way" is an exaggeration. How about, "a difficult, burdensome, time-consuming, very prone to failure way?"
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Security Patches by Modem? Forget it!
2004-03-25
Gerhard Rickert (1 replies)
Gerhard Rickert (1 replies)
Security Patches by Modem? 11.3 MB in 1.5 hrs is very doable, learn some math
2004-03-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
"Red Hat, Mandrake, even Libranet:
all should offer users the option of a
free CD containing updates"
Yes they should this would save users the hassle of constantly doing md5 checksums to see if the RPMs they need are tainted or not by Hackers. I'd be willing to pay a small
fee if they offered it as a yearly service.
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