On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Paul D. Robertson wrote: > It seems to me that Cisco would have at least some ammount of will to > try to keep their customers current to keep them on maintenance, if not > for other reasons.
They do. Read their site. Follow instructions. > Guess it's too much to ask for a world where Cisco sends its > customers e-mail from a server that detects the bug and sicks the sales > reptiles on them. If any vendor did this (sending unsolicited packets into a network which, in turn, generated sales calls), there'd by a lot of unhappy campers. In general, things like this don't scale well and just aren't guaranteed to work. I think researching bugs, fixing them, documenting them, and publishing the results on the (easily searchable) web are all good and noble steps on Cisco's part. I don't just use Cisco products. I don't believe Cisco products are flawless. However, I believe a lot of the things in this thread are 'stupidity' on the part of parties beside Cisco. > Personally, I think that there's some culpability from the whole > "appliance" moniker. Agreed 100%. Furthermore, anyone actually wanting an 'appliance' for anything mission-critical, in all likelihood, really doesn't know what they want! > I've yet to have to update code on my VCR, fridge or TV. Hmmm- maybe it's > time for a long rant... Yes, but you don't have an Internet full of geeks trying to exploit your VCR... (That'll come after IPv6. ;) Later, -Mike -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
