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Re: Escapee from Redmond
From: "dudevanwinkle () gmail com" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:05 -0800
Kevin McAleavey wrote:
Or, they could just cut to the chase and put up Unca Ilfak's patch for
now. But as to what flew over the transom on DSLR, definitely needs more salt. :)
I can understand weirdities with more exotic setups, but our lab rats
are pretty much your standard issue XPee Pro SP2 with nothing changed on them. I've never seen chunks fly so far. Serious wall and ceiling decorating out of that build. And still trying to figure out why the number on it was KB912919 which didn't line up with the KB on their site. If it WAS malware, it was a dud. M$ has a user base of millions with the dependant apps prolly in the same range, even if it only breaks 1 out of 20 postscript network drivers, that 5 fortune 100 companies that are out of service at a minimum
The Listons of the world might say "See, what took you so long!", try out these interim patches, and then immediately have their answer. People are asking for it, and I'm glad, for one that MS has the restraint not to release such code upon the general public.
Ja
After all, if Microsoft released one patch like that to RTM, I think we can all agree on *EXACTLY* what that would do to the uptake rates of future patches, possibly for years to follow.
ja, ja, while sysadmins were fragging their (user base or test environment, depending on funding/smarts) stuff the Hacker McNasty's of the world (to coin a phrase) would be looking at source to to develop a rebuttal to the cure. Open Source needs, well source. If you want feedback you would sure get it this way, harmful and helpful. Anyones guess which would win out in the end.
-- "Social Darwinism: Try to make something idiot-proof, nature will provide you with a better idiot."
Darwinistic Socialism is way better: Make an idiot, and we will grind him up to feed the next breed of genius.... Starting with JP. -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Huh? Microsoft pre-release release: WMF patch? Fergie (Jan 03)
- Re: Huh? Microsoft pre-release release: WMF patch? nodialtone (Jan 03)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond (was: Huh? Microsoft pre-release release: WMF patch?) Kevin McAleavey (Jan 03)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond Matthew Murphy (Jan 03)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond Kevin McAleavey (Jan 03)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond dudevanwinkle () gmail com (Jan 04)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond Florian Weimer (Jan 04)
- Re: Escapee from Redmond Matthew Murphy (Jan 03)