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Yes, but my first question was wrt QoS. Would it do any good? > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Dobbins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:12 AM > To: Roeland Meyer > Cc: 'David Howe'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: GRC rides again... > > > > Implementing fully-compliant sockets in XP is -not- a security issue. > > There're LOTS of things wrong with the way Microsoft do > things, but this > simply isn't one of them. It's just amazing to me how credulous the > public are when harangued by such an obvious snake-oil salesman. > > Steve Gibson, a hero in his own mind. > > Roeland Meyer wrote: > > >>From: David Howe [mailto:[email protected]] > >>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:48 AM > >> > >>... With yet another "update" to the DDos pages. > >>http://grc.com/dos/intro.htm > >>and I quote: > >> > > > >>>Unfortunately, today we see only the operation of blind > >>> > >>self-interest from > >> > >>>Microsoft and the Internet's ISP's > >>> > >>As I seem to recall several members of this list offered him > >>help (and were rebuffed) perhaps they > >>would like to comment? He seems increasingly lost in > >>a fantasy world where everyone is out to get him.... > >> > > > > The question I have is, would QoS would do any good here? > > > > Other then that, he seems to be on a rant here. As much as > I hate to say it, > > I almost agree with MSFT here. That said, Novell stated, > decades ago, that > > MSFT never could understand network security. At the time, > I agreed with > > Novell. Current observation is, that MSFT has yet to learn. > Considering > > MSFT's workstation market-share, that is a problem for all of us. > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // 408.859.4137 voice >
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