Quoting Simon Hobson <[email protected]>:
At no point have I seen anything in the logs on my servers to say it was going to be turned off. Like many others, the first I knew was when I got to work this morning and the server wasn't working.
Because they should have obviously jumped in the way-back-machine and changed the 5 year old software you use to warn you about a future event that wasn't known 5 years ago? Or because they should have hacked into your machine and placed the notice there for you? Or should they have gone personally to your house last night and knocked on your door to tell you? How do you expect them to tell everyone who downloaded their free software without registration 5 years ago about a new event? Other than the officially supported methods of their web site and their email lists? I suppose they could have tried to hold a press conference, but even if the press showed up, chances of you seeing it in the news would be small... As soon as you come up with a better alternative, I'll agree with you. Until then, I can only believe you are wrong. Again, do I like what they did? No. Do I understand why they did it? Yes. Again: it is no better to let someone think they are protected when they are not, then it is to remove all protection so they know they are unprotected and can take action to protect themselves again. -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Go Longhorns! _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
