Re: OT: MS Security not centralized at all

[Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>]

* Fabien Ninoles <fabien@Nightbird.TZoNE.ORG> writes:

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> 1. FROM THE EDITOR ==========

> Hello everyone, 

> I'm getting weary of looking in a dozen or more locations for the 
> patches I need to keep my Windows NT systems up to date. As you know, 
> Microsoft locates patches in various directories on its FTP site and in 
> various locations on its Web sites. As an example of the 
[...]

And I quote from
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp:

| Linux system administrators must spend huge amounts of time
| understanding the latest Linux bugs and determining what to do
| about them. This is made complex due to the fact that there isn't
| a central location for security issues to be reported and
| fixed. In contrast Microsoft provides a single security repository
| for notification and fixes of security related issues.
| Configuring Linux security requires an administrator to be an
| expert in the intricacies of the operating system and how
| components interact. Misconfigure any part of the operating system
| and the system could be vulnerable to attack. Windows NT security
| is easy to set up and administer with tools such as the Security
| Configuration Editor.

See? This "weekly Windows NT security update newsletter" can only be
a hoax. Microsoft *themselves* are telling you.

"We have never been at war with competitors."

-- 
Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>