Re: FN-FORUM LMAO!

date posted 28th January 2003 21:49

Microsoft themselves didn't patch their servers. See this:

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982305.html

Graham


> On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 8:10 pm, David Eckersall wrote:
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982305.html
> >
> The only way to make sure people patch their systems is if they are
> broken/taken down by the problem that the patch was intended to fix.
>
> Its the "I'm okay" or "I'll do it tommorow" attituded that caused this
> problem....oh and the script kiddies that let the script lose on the world.
>
> But they did wait 6 months before they released it.....and the coders who
> wrote the script in the first place probably informed MS about the problem
> first...
>
> John
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