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On Jun 14, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, John Levine <[email protected]> said:I realize it's not a technical problem, although I suspect there are Unfortunately, this is not always true. MS does not single-source. Users going to Windows Updates can and will be directed to a number of places, including Akamai, and Microsoft itself, depending on time of day, phase of moon, and whim of the content owner. In general, creating a sandbox where a computer can only reach $UPDATE_SERVER is very, very difficult. And, as much as I hate to admit it, MS OSes are not the only ones that can be compromised (he types on his black MacBook). That said, the majority of compromised computers do run some flavor of Redmond-Ware. (One can argue about the underlying cause - market share, quality of software, virus writer's preference, whatever - but the fact still stands that most compromised computers run Windows.) So getting a "windows update sandbox" would be very useful. -- TTFN, patrick
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