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

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Date: Wed Jan  4 20:02:54 2006
From: mhoye at neon.polkaroo.net (Mike Hoye)
Subject: 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! 

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