__/ [ Philip ] on Friday 11 August 2006 15:51 \__
> The MS insecurity architecture makes it hard enough for users to keep.
>
> Now the US government has to goad them into keeping up with stream of
> fixes.
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>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060811/tc_afp/usitinternetattacks_060811120323
...As per Microsoft's request and appeal to the government.
This shows that Microsoft has some tight relationships with
figures in the government. Can you imagine a scanrio where
Linus Torvalds, for instance, requests Homeland Security to
make some public announcement? More disturbing is the
generalisation here. The governments speaks out as though
everyone uses Windows, not attempting at all to insinuate
that folks who made better decisions are safe and unaffected
by the frantic stampede to patch.
I would expect the uptime of any Windows box to be greater
than 2 days. Unless, of course, it is a zombie. There are
over 5 million of these 'in the wild', according to
Microsoft. Cyberspace is doomed.
Best wishes,
Roy
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