hi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
...makes me wonder what happens if/when they need to change the
IP address of go.microsoft.com
many many people have already been burnt by the hardcoding of
addresses/IPs into their applications.
thats the point. its not the ip which is hardcoded. its the
fqdn which is extempted from being lookud up in the local
hosts-file.
DaveK is absolutely right with his expressions about this behaviour.
i neither do believe this is an attempt to prevent some malware
from interrupting ms-autoupdate. you see ... even microsoft
would never be that shortsighted!!! (errm ... at least i hope so)
virtual
