Re: To Provide a Patch or to Service Pack?

[ellipse <ellipse () cipherpunks com>]

> In case you have missed it, check:
> http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp
> "...He later acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be 
> safely disclosed..."

What an interesting bit of hogwash and pork-barrel politics this is turning into.

"... Unlike the states' proposed remedy, the federal settlement proposal that Microsoft and the Department of Justice 
agreed to in November contains a carve-out that permits Microsoft to withhold API and protocol disclosures if such 
disclosures would compromise security. The provision is designed to address hackers, viruses and piracy, according to 
Allchin. ... During his second day on the stand, Allchin conceded that Microsoft has already identified at least one 
protocol and two APIs that it plans to withhold from public disclosure under the security carve-out."

Find a bug, and help soften the blow against us in the anti-trust case!  All in the name of security!