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Re: Full Disclosure works, here's proof:
From: belal () sco COM (Bela Lubkin)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 01:11:43 -0800
Karl Strickland wrote: Bela> This is ridiculous. You'd decline to install a security patch because Bela> you think not enough hackers know about the hole? Karl> One important point is, if you dont know what the hole is, you cant be Karl> sure its fixed. Some people are more reluctant to take these things Karl> on trust, after seeing what happened with Sun's binmail patches. If the reader believes that the holes originally exist as stated and that SCO has made a good faith effort to fix them, it is sensible to install the fixes even if it eventually turns out that a narrower hole remains. It's analogous to a terminal cancer patient being told that he can try a promising but untested new drug -- except in this case it's cured all the lab rats, so the doctor has very high hopes for the drug. I suppose some readers could think the whole thing was an elaborate collaborative hoax between 8LGM and SCO to *introduce* Trojan horses... I can't help anyone who is that paranoid.
Bela<
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