On Jan 11, 2008 2:45 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - -- Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > > > >> > >> Much as I am possibly perceived as a raving MS (among others) critic, > >> it's only fair to give credit where it's due, and I try to do that as > >> and where appropriate... > > > >Determining factors, underline causes and why things happened in general > is never easy, but it is clear MSFT had a hand in the critical mass of > bring storm down to size *currently*. > > > >I think we should give them public credit. > > > > Yes and no. :-)
On the one hand, they helped lessen the number of bots for a brief period of time. On the other hand they do have programmatic root access to almost every bot on the planet.. -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
