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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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Security Patches by Modem? Forget it! 2004-03-27
Anonymous
Much, much faster Internet connections (10mbit+) and the laziness of home users to keep their system's upgraded would only result in large, devestating DDoS attacks that we have never seen before.

A DDoS client installed on a 56k home system would do little to no damage to their intended target....

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