It makes me feel naked. But I'm OK with it. -- Espi
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Michael B. Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, well, I think you should read the article before > > you completely discount what they said. :-P > > Microsoft says people feel powerless and vulnerable when zero-day > vulnerabilities are discovered. Microsoft's conclusion is that people > shouldn't panic. The logic is faulty; the conclusion does not follow > from the givens. > > People *are* powerless and vulnerable when zero-day vulnerabilities > are discovered. Why should they feel good about that? > > Mindless panic is never a good idea, but customers are unhappy, and > they have a right to be. > > Lately it's been more Adobe Flash zero day exploits than Microsoft > zero day exploits (and hey, good job on MSFT for that), but one could > easily s/Microsoft/Adobe/ in the article, and the givens would still > be accurate, and the conclusion would still be wrong. > > I'm speculating here, but I suspect if Adobe published this claim, > you would not be so quick to defend them. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
