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Security Patches by Modem? Forget it!
Scott Granneman, 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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Funny, I did this on Saturday... 2004-03-25
Anonymous
My folks use AOL dialup. Went to visit this weekend, just checked my mom's PC / Win98 install to see vulns and patches. Uh-oh. 19 Critical updates.

So I ask the folks if I can tie up the phone for a bit, and off I go, download away.

3 hours later, I have IE patched.

2 hours later, the rest ...

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