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Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:31:46 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de> wrote:
In most parts of the world, the Microsoft EULA is not enforceable. Most users don't buy their software from Microsoft, either. It's preinstalled on their PC, and Microsoft disclaims any support.
NOTE: This has nothing to do with ISPs. Also, there is somewhere in the neighborhood of > 65M MS hosts "out there" that are either illegally or improperly licensed, and which cannot use Microsoft Update (due to the Genuine Advantage verification knobs). While they can download each patch individually through a series of acrobatic exercises, this sorta contributes to the whole end-system compromise problem. Again, not that this has much real bearing on the discussion, but figured I toss that into the mix. - - ferg p.s. I forget exactly where the >65M figure came from, but I'm pretty sure it Microsoft a few months back... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGcyFWq1pz9mNUZTMRAhjMAKDMA6Zwy8ZPeatoQPKQiwQLiLod2QCg+pHO 3EUiDw6OXUp9DdjXM62p9qM= =izS9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
Current thread:
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help, (continued)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Jack Bates (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Scott Weeks (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help D'Arcy J.M. Cain (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Lyndon Nerenberg (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Scott Weeks (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help D'Arcy J.M. Cain (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Joe Greco (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Roland Perry (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Fergie (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Fergie (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Douglas Otis (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Florian Weimer (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Douglas Otis (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Scott Weeks (Jun 16)