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Message-ID: <4057E372.4080700@thievco.com> From: BlueBoar at thievco.com (Blue Boar) Subject: Re: Microsoft Security, baby steps ? Nick FitzGerald wrote: > Perhaps, but I doubt it... I can't see the bandwidth costs (at the > relatively high discount rate MS must get for all its bandwidth) of the > necessary downloads for all those unpatched users who order this CD > outweighing the P&P for fulfilling the CD orders. > > I think MS has finally realized that while dial-up users are not at all > likely to get the large security updates (IE version upgrades, OS > service packs), they can be significant combined part in the overall > problem of unpatched machines. This is the easy way for such users to > "catch up" (it's just a pity that there is such a huge lag between MS > freezing the disk's contents and pressing and shipping it -- for moost > Xp users it will arrive about a wek before they face downloading SP2 > and that is likely to be around 150MB I hear...). It's a good start. I've got the disk on order, it will be a nice jump-start for all the home users' machines with modems that I maintain for friends and family, new installs, etc... Now, I just need an ISO image I can download once a month or so. Yeah, right after the 2nd tuesday of the month would do it. I imagine the security community would have created this long ago if MS would let other people distribute their patches. BB
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