Re: Microsoft Security (...how to reassure customers of)

From: Harlan Carvey (keydet89_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/22/04

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To: Shane Colley <shane@sonatalabs.com>, focus-ms@securityfocus.com

    Shane,

    > Security Holes in improperly configured MS systems
    > are no secret... so
    > people already have this idea in their head /before/
    > this competitor gets to them.
    >
    > It's like the competitor is playing off of the
    > customers fear... and once
    > they are afraid, it appears the burden of proof lies
    > on us.

    Well, as abhorrant as this action may be, here are a
    couple of things to keep in mind:

    1. Remind your customer that pretty much every system
    is insecure if it's not properly configured. In fact,
    from a remote perspective, some Linux distros are far
    less secure than Win9x (Win9x provided only one
    service out of the box...file sharing).

    2. Ask your customers (if they are moving to your
    competitor) if they're doing so b/c the competitor has
    a superior product/service, at a better price, or b/c
    the competitor has scared the begeebers out of them.
    Then, try to bring it into the customer's
    perspective...find something else about their business
    that you can apply the same sort of logic to.

    HTH
     

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