[Izzy Dunne]

Best windows update site ever: http://www.debian.org

Uhhh... I don't like looking at THIS:

Security Advisories


[03 Jul 2004] DSA-527 pavuk - buffer overflow 
[03 Jul 2004] DSA-526 webmin - several vulnerabilities 
[24 Jun 2004] DSA-525 apache - buffer overflow 
[19 Jun 2004] DSA-524 rlpr - several vulnerabilities 
[19 Jun 2004] DSA-523 www-sql - buffer overflow 
[19 Jun 2004] DSA-522 super - format string vulnerability 
[18 Jun 2004] DSA-521 sup - format string vulnerability 
[16 Jun 2004] DSA-520 krb5 - buffer overflows 
[15 Jun 2004] DSA-519 cvs - several vulnerabilities 
[14 Jun 2004] DSA-518 kdelibs - unsanitised input 

I'll stick with my Macs, thanks.

[HipShot]

Remember that advisories are posted when issues are found during code auditing as well as the appearance of exploits. Patches are available within hours.

Even Apple doesn't patch that quicky.

[ikka]

How do you fix security advisories on Debian?

apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade

That is it, you can even set it to check for new updates every 24 hours if you want.

[avg_freeper]

One of those exploits namely the "apache - buffer overflow" might very well effect your mac. It is best to stay informed regardless of what brand of computer you use.