full-disclosure - RE: What's wrong with this picture?

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From: Kevin.Wall at qwest.com (Wall, Kevin)
Subject: RE: What's wrong with this picture?

> Somebody want to explain to this guy that there's a difference between
> "publicly available" exploits and 0-day exploits circulating 
> in the underground?
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3485972.stm
> 
> Scary part is that he's a high honcho at Microsoft's security unit.

So, I see... according to Mr. Aucsmith's logic, if we NEVER issue
security patches, we'll have LESS security vulnerabilities. Yeah, right.
Boy, guess we're all out of a job then. (Actually, it's attitudes like
this that will keep us employed for a very long time. ;-)
-kevin
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Kevin W. Wall		Qwest Information Technology, Inc.
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