>>>>> "Ron" == Ron Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ron> The biggest question I have is why all the hostility at Ron> Microsoft for patching their system? There are plenty of Ron> holes still in the system that warrant your wrath. When I see Ron> a worm that comes out before Microsoft patches, I'll be all Ron> over Microsoft just as the rest of you "Microsoft can do no Ron> right" doomsayers. Well, in one corner, we have Microsoft, with billeeeunnss of dollars, having to release patches in the first place, and based on past experience will likely have more holes and more patches to deal with. In the other corner, we have OpenBSD, on a shoestring budget, with only one remote hole in the past seven years since its debut, and a comparably complex and functional operating system. So why is it, with Microsoft and all of their billeeeunnss of dollars, that they wouldn't spend at least SOME MORE of that BEFORE they release their code? OpenBSD manages a decent security review and a right mindset towards security on the annual amount of money that Bill Gates makes every time he takes a dump. This is what irks me about Microsoft. It's irresponsible. Continuously and apparently knowingly. Does that justify actual malicious acts? No. The Sasser Worm guy deserves punishment. But when I spend hours and days trying to defend my paid-for bandwidth from the incoming onslaught of Microsoft-enabled worm mail, I've got to think that I'm due some payment for damages, both from the worm writers, *and* from Microsoft. If this were indeed a fair world. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
