Re: FreeBSD Security Survey



On Tue, 23 May 2006 05:23:50 +1000
Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I think it would substantially reduce the reliability and security.

As opposed to people not installing patches in the first place because it takes to long?

-Allen
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