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Re: Time to patch Windows boxes with


From: "Big R" <randallm () fidmail com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:11:17 -0500

Val, guess they need to just change the name. A threat is what may happen.
That's Tornato's and angry people.
Perhaps changing the name to "PWN level" expresses it better. Who's been
owned.




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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:16:14 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Time to patch Windows boxes with
       MS08-067
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:29:33 BST, n3td3v said:
as soon as you rate, threat level something, the bad guys have won...
its time to rethink public rating and threat levels.

No, the bad guys win if they manage to pwn or DoS one of my systems or
users.
Why do you think they win if we assign a threat level to something?
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been great, thanks and yea I top post
Big R
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