Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:25:02 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Isn't there a "zero-day Wednesday"? One day after the patches arrive a
>> new 0-day is usually scheduled to surface in the form of attacks that
>> make botnets.
>
> Yes, there is, but as usually you completely misunderstand every bit
> about it.
>
> It's 0-day Wednesday because the attackers reverse engineer the patches
> to determine how the flaw works, then they write code to exploit it,
> releasing it the next day.
>
And the current zero-day exploit which leaves IE (all versions) vulnerable is known since weeks, there is *no* *patch* from MS, and it is spreading like wildfire
> There is no way to solve this problem. So long as humans write software,
> they will write software with flaws that can be exploited. And as soon
> as Linux becomes large enough to be a viable source of income for the
> attackers, they will start appearing for Linux too.
Idiot. And liar, naturally
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I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
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