full-disclosure - Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for good security

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From: blancher at cartel-securite.fr (Cedric Blancher)
Subject: Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for
	good security

Le dim 02/11/2003 ? 14:17, William Warren a ?crit :
> > I believe every worm listed below could have been prevented had everyone
> > patched their systems. 
> the blaster worm preceded the patch so this argument is DOA

Wrong. Patch was available when Blaster went on.
Patch has been released mid-july while Blaster appeared a month later,
mi-august.
 
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