Valid points being made by everyone here--and I'm glad that this list is finally seeing some action to rival the basics list!
Just going back to one of my original issues: Can anyone verify statements like this from USA Today? "In December, cybercrooks moved quickly to exploit a similar Internet Explorer flaw, hijacking hundreds of thousands of PCs before Microsoft made a patch available. The emergence of zero-day threats has raised complex dilemmas for the world's largest software maker." Hundreds of thousands? Link here http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-03-30-microsoft-secu rity_x.htm Where are these numbers coming from? I would like some sources quoted here I guess. I'm sure that honeynets etc give some estimates of what's going on and how many sites etc are out there exploiting these flaws. Microsoft has a scheme running too, doesn't it? Honeymonkey? I'm trying to get an email address for the reporter, Byron Acohido. Regards Murad Talukdar --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
