RE: Security scaremongering

2014-02-16 Thread Nathan Chere
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Monday, 17 February 2014 11:06 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Security scaremongering I have noticed firefox complaining about Silverlight recently, saying "security vulnerabil

RE: Security scaremongering

2014-02-16 Thread anthonyatsmallbiz
: 2Anthony (at) smallbiz.com.au Postal : Po Box 135, Lower Plenty 3093 ABN : 16 079 706 737 From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2014 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Security scaremongering

Re: Security scaremongering

2014-02-14 Thread mike smith
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, one of our customers has an IT admin guy who is a Linux fan and > runs a farm of Linux servers. He has the typical cultural anti-Microsoft > bias that I'm sure we encounter now and then. Not normally a problem, but > he's forwarding aro

Re: Security scaremongering

2014-02-14 Thread Scott Barnes
I don't see the correlation between IE and Silverlight here - sure the browser has some exploits that *POTENTIALLY* are available but to throw Silverlight out is to throw Java, Flash, Quicktime etc also out. Focus on the role not the person is your first approach, if this person is trying to build

Re: Security scaremongering

2014-02-14 Thread Stephen Price
Why so much hate? Haters are going to hate. I wouldn't bother, it would be like that cartoon about someone being wrong on the internet... On Feb 15, 2014 8:00 AM, "Greg Keogh" wrote: > Folks, one of our customers has an IT admin guy who is a Linux fan and > runs a farm of Linux servers. He has t

Security scaremongering

2014-02-14 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, one of our customers has an IT admin guy who is a Linux fan and runs a farm of Linux servers. He has the typical cultural anti-Microsoft bias that I'm sure we encounter now and then. Not normally a problem, but he's forwarding around scary emails warning of vulnerabilities in IE and Silverli