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Re: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises



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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:11:33PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> Ther is always a conflict between security and openness.  MS's approach
> has always been not to say anything until a fix has been propagated;  they
> are often criticized for that, but I'm sure they'd be deluged in lawsuits
> from compromised system owners if they advertised the exploit to bad guys
> before they had a fix.

Microsoft could easily sidestep those by pointing to their EULA: You
agree not to sue them due to faults in their software.

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 .''`.     Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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