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At 06:43 PM 10/3/96 EDT, Daniel W. McRobb wrote: > >I think Tim was using the assumption (which I consider quite valid) that >once vendors release patches, those being attacked are likely to apply a >patch quite quickly. It's a motivaton issue... people are much more >motivated to save their own butts in a hurry before trying to save >everyone else's. ;-) > Well, I would tend to agree with you here. Incentive comes in different flavors. In any event, and being a realist, I don't envision either one to be implemented with blazing speed. - paul >I think most folks in this forum are good netizens and want to do the >Right Thing(s) for everyone. Others, especially those not privy to all >the fuss about this issue, are less likely to take action and will >probably be hosting these attacks for a while, possibly w/o knowing it >until someone tracks it down and yells at them and/or they're attacked >themselves (in which case they'll probably reach for things to protect >themselves before trying to protect others). > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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