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Re: Re:Hiring a worm writer to do computer security
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:56:52 -0400
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:05:27 PDT, Daniel Sichel said:
I want to know what financial institutions are clients of the firm that hired him so I can close my accounts now, before its too late.
Would you do so even if it turns out that almost *all* financial institutions buy at least *some* software from the firm in question, leaving you with no alternatives except your mattress? Is this a zero-tolerance policy, or would you still bank there if they buy *some* of their A/V from that one firm, but buy from other A/V firms too? What % would you find acceptable? Equally important, why did you not *already* do so when you found out that your financial institution also purchases software from Microsoft, when a lot of people are saying that's an even worse idea security-wise than buying A/V software from a company that may end up hiring somebody of dubious distinction? "Before it's too late" is already *long* gone by, unless your bank has totally banned IE and Outlook from its network.
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