On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:24:25AM -0700, Darren Hayes wrote:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1002-5068035.html
As a long-time Netgear user, I am surprised to see this flaw made it past
QA. These things happen though I guess - I am not surprised to see that
Netgear has taken full responsibility and is paying for their mistake.
Would Microsoft have paid the school for the bandwidth they used and offer
to come in and rebuild the campus network to better withstand DoS attacks
after releasing a patch which should (in theory) stop it from happening?
We all know what they'd do: Release the patch, shrug their corporate
shoulders when the patch isn't applied, and then, as an appeasement, offer
them free product, and try to shift focus off of the reason why they're
suddenly so generous.
Netgear has been in communication since the flaw was discovered and the
discussion from the beginning was how to solve the problem for the school,
knowing full well that people are too lazy to track their firmware updates
as they should.
--
Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cogito eggo sum
(I think therefore I am a waffle)
<Knghtbrd> Okay, you people have started talking about BDSM applications of
network hardware... I think I'll run off and do something useful
and Debianish and stay OUT of this one...
<Knghtbrd> (for a change)
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