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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft moves beyond patches
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  • To: Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft moves beyond patches
  • From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  • Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:29:48 -0400
  • Cc: Frank Knobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  • In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:50:15 CDT." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:50:15 CDT, Ron DuFresne said:

> Unless you are promoting host based defense, which is not quite there yet,
> and an administrative nightmare, I think you'd find a strong argument this
> is *not* the case, at least at present.

Tell that to all the corporate nets that have been whacked by a worm brought
in on a laptop, VPN connection, or other similar backdoor.

(yes yes, I know it's a "failure to define perimeter correctly".  The fact that
it wasn't defined correctly *IS* the problem with the technology....)

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