On 3/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Opinion on actual topic forthcoming:
As someone not hiding behind a pseudo-leet handle, who actually
does get to deal with ramifications of Microsoft's (and others, of
course) patch policies, I heartily endorse the release of the eEye
patch as beneficial and as a patch that will be in the hands of
large numbers of users outside the infosec community in short
order. In fact, it already is. The Washington Post,
ComputerWorld, ZDNet, Business Wire, The Register, and a host of
others are all publicing its existence...kudos to them.
I would laugh if this wasn't such a serious issue, but even if its mentioned on those sites, thats still not effective enough to give a safe alternative to a Micrsoft patch, which is delivered almost automatically since service pack two.
To say your average single mom or eldery couple can be relied on to visit those sites you've mentioned, (much of them U-S based), is frankly a complete joke for a world-wide bug effecting world wide end user systems.
Single moms, eldery couples, visit your nearest U-S based news outlet for patches! Oh, I can see the mess which is about to unfold as soon as you confuse the consumer about that, and before you do that, should you give the consumer a list of "safe U-S media news sites". You can bet the phishers are going to setup web pages, and perhaps even claiming via e-mail that Zdnet or whatever is telling them about a third party patch "click here to download" or "click here to visit the eeye website". Great stuff, you must admit. No seriously.
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