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Re: [cobalt-security] Slightly off Topic- PKG files
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Slightly off Topic- PKG files
- From: Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 15:02:40 -0400
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:10:38 +0200, Michael Stauber mumbled something
like:
>>However, I'd rather take the risk of a faulty patch than to have a
>>popular
>>exploit on the machines, so I go for the instant upgrade. ;o).
That's like saying "I'd rather get a brand new-fangled, untested
burglar-zapper in my house that might blow up and destroy everything
I've worked to build in the last 5 years, rather than keep using this
old deadbolt that someone *could* pick in the next two days it will
take to test the high-voltage security system."
Mmmhmm. No thanks - I'll wait for the brave to report on how things
go, and get secondary reassurance from Cobalt that it doesn't have
any unexpected bugs.
--
CarrieB
"Microsoft is not the answer, Microsoft is the question. NO is the
answer." --Unknown