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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:07:07 -0700
To: Klaus Steden <klaus@compt.com>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: Does the patching procedure work?
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>,
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At 02:42 PM 3/5/2003, Klaus Steden wrote:

>You could use Windows. They force you to install security fixes and upgrades
>autmagically from the Internet.

You do have the option to refuse the fixes. 

The good thing about FreeBSD doing something similar, though, is that
FreeBSD wouldn't sneak new license "agreements" and DRM in with the
updates.

--Brett


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