full-disclosure - Unofficial Microsoft patches help hackers, not security

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Date: Wed Jan  4 20:11:21 2006
From: jasonjones at brookshires.com (Jason Jones)
Subject: Unofficial Microsoft patches help hackers,
	not security

That would 3l33t Joe.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Mike
Hoye
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:50 PM
To: Joe Average
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Unofficial Microsoft patches help
hackers,not security

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 06:33:10PM +0000, Joe Average wrote:
> It has been said on C|NET/SecurityFocus and other places that 
> "experts" are telling people to use unofficial patches, and to make 
> things worse the "experts" are releasing patches. You've got to wonder
who these "experts"
> are.

No, you don't. In fact, you can look this information up with a bare
minimum of effort. Try using those leet skillz! 

--
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are
conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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