On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 19:12, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm afraid I'm part of the group that just doesn't understand. This > snippet reeks of security through obscurity for me. If the hole has been > identified and, presumably, fixed, why not tell people about it?
Because there will be lots of people who haven't yet had the chance to upgrade. They won't thank us for making an exploit available to every would-be cracker. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee." Isaiah 54:10 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
