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Re: Bill Gates blames the victim
From: Petr Swedock <petr () blade-runner mit edu>
Date: 03 Sep 2003 08:13:37 -0400
"Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> writes (quotes): ;; ;; Q. "The buffer overrun flaw that made the Blaster worm ;; possible was specifically targeted in your code reviews ;; last year. Do you understand why the flaw that led to ;; Blaster escaped your detection?" ;; ;; A. "Understand there have actually been fixes for all of ;; these things before the attack took place. The challenge ;; is that we've got to get the fixes to be automatically ;; applied without our customers having to make a special effort." "Don't trust our software. But do trust our patching/update process..." Nice. Peace, Petr _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: Bill Gates blames the victim Petr Swedock (Sep 03)
- Re: Bill Gates blames the victim Alexandre Dulaunoy (Sep 03)
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- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Robert Ahnemann (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim C. David Wilde (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Lim Swee Tat (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Brent J. Nordquist (Sep 03)
- Re: Bill Gates blames the victim Petr Swedock (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Robert Ahnemann (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Lim Swee Tat (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Robert Ahnemann (Sep 03)
- RE: Bill Gates blames the victim Lim Swee Tat (Sep 03)
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