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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Ross, Matthew wrote:
> > It seems to me that people are eager to show off their computing
> > skills. They might also want to embarrass a big, powerful corporation.
> > They are not helping us - they are harming us. The corporation and
> > the users of the software should have a more time to get things
> > repaired before the virus/worm is released on us.
> >
> > If the vulnerability is never posted, would we be worse off?
>
> If the vulnerability was never posted, would the company ever fix it?
Why wouldn't they? It is known to exist by someone outside the company,
someone told them about it, so it is a serious risk to their users and to
their reputation.
Mike
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