On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 23:01:43 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:11:33PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> Ther is always a conflict between security and openness. MS's approach >> has always been not to say anything until a fix has been propagated; they >> are often criticized for that, but I'm sure they'd be deluged in lawsuits >> from compromised system owners if they advertised the exploit to bad guys >> before they had a fix. > > Microsoft could easily sidestep those by pointing to their EULA: You > agree not to sue them due to faults in their software. >
Not just MS. In the early 70s I used to put a disclaimer at the beginning of my source code: "While every effort has been made to test this program to its limits, no warranty, express or implied, is given as to the adequate functioning thereof." :> -- ....................paul "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
