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Re: Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for good security
From: "Charles E. Hill" <chill () herber-hill com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:16:40 -0800
Gates spoke as a politician. His comments were very narrowly tailored. Read them close. He spoke almost exclusively of Win2003 Server -- which has very minimal deployment and is brand new. I don't know anyone who has actually installed Win2k3, yet. The comments about "anyone who patched didn't have these problems" and "the patches proceeded the incidents" *WAS CORRECT* -- for the last half-dozen issues over the last month -- which is what he was talking about. It wasn't a general statement on MS security, though it was ambiguous enough. He mixed a lot of generalisms (layered security, Windows a target because it is more widely deployed) with a lot of non-sequitur specifics (Win2K3 hasn't seen a lot of exploits [duh! it isn't widely deployed! See the last sentence!] Keep in mind how Mr. Gates handled his deposition in the anti-trust trial... 'At other points, Gates has claimed he doesn't know what his interrogators mean when they use terms such as "concerned," "ask" and "non-Microsoft browser."' -- Charles E. Hill Technical Director Herber-Hill LLC http://www.herber-hill.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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