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Re: Distributing Patches in Email (was: RE: EZ Shopper 3.0 shopping cart CGI remote command execution)


From: mouse () RODENTS MONTREAL QC CA (der Mouse)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:45:22 -0500


As someone who works for a vendor that does distribute product
updates via email, I feel that I need to respond.  An exception the
rule Marc mentions should be non-executable, strongly signed updates.

Not good enough - it's too easy for someone to save an old update, then
much later, after bugs are known in it, forge mail from you including
the "update", thereby reintroducing known bugs into the customer's
system.

                                        der Mouse

                               mouse () rodents montreal qc ca
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