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Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help

  • From: Fergie
  • Date: Fri Jun 15 19:39:13 2007 
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- -- Florian Weimer <[email protected]> wrote:

>In most parts of the world, the Microsoft EULA is not enforceable.
>Most users don't buy their software from Microsoft, either.  It's
>preinstalled on their PC, and Microsoft disclaims any support.

NOTE: This has nothing to do with ISPs.

Also, there is somewhere in the neighborhood of > 65M MS hosts
"out there" that are either illegally or improperly licensed, and
which cannot use Microsoft Update (due to the Genuine Advantage
verification knobs).

While they can download each patch individually through a series
of acrobatic exercises, this sorta contributes to the whole
end-system compromise problem.

Again, not that this has much real bearing on the discussion, but
figured I toss that into the mix.

- - ferg

p.s. I forget exactly where the >65M figure came from, but I'm pretty
sure it Microsoft a few months back...

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