Full Disclosure: Re: Three years and ten months without a patch

[Marco Ermini <markoer () markoer org>]

On 11/16/05, Barrie Dempster <barrie () reboot-robot net> wrote:
[...]
> Are we forgetting slammer ? A worm that attacked a product which you
> would expect to be used in a similar way.
>
> Backend or not, the system should be patched, being backend is not a
> justifiable reason for not patching the system.
[...]
> Believing this would be a very narrow view of security and we
> all know security is far from something to be viewed like that.
[...]

You are totally right. In fact I was (or better - I *tried* to be...)
ironical about it... that's their philosophy: on 8.1.x you are 4
versions behind their actual off-the-shelf product - which, as we
said, "never breaks" so, of course, why not upgrade?... (and pay the
licensing fees)


Cheers
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Marco Ermini
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