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Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure
From: Brad Mills <millsmiami () usa net>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:33:02 EDT
It won't make any difference whatsoever. It's time to realize that 'we' don't make any difference. Vendors still don't react to problems, silly bugs are still present in software, admins still don't patch/upgrade, users still click on attachments and download screen savers.
Hmmm, unless I missed something, it was lists like this that generated the recent Best-Buy wireless energy, which resulted in sub-actions, eventually causing the company to stop and re-evaluate things. As for sh*t software, vendors, typical end-users, etc., it will take time, but if the catalyst weakens now, energy expended is lost. I say continue the march. just my .02, /b ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure R. DuFresne (May 29)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Pierre Vandevenne (May 28)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Drew (May 28)
- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Marc Maiffret (May 28)
- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Deus, Attonbitus (May 28)
- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Marc Maiffret (May 28)
- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Ryan Russell (May 29)
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- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Deus, Attonbitus (May 29)
- RE: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Marc Maiffret (May 28)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Brad Mills (May 29)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure David Litchfield (May 29)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure batz (May 29)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure Jon Bull (May 30)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure David Litchfield (May 30)
- Re: Scanners and unpublished vulnerabilities - Full Disclosure hellNbak (May 30)
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