RE: Security and EOL issues (was RE: WMF Exploit Patch released)


Very well said! I couldn't agree more...

Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM, GIAC GSLC
Director, IT Security, Brown University
Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
Office: 401-863-7266

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Subject: RE: Security and EOL issues (was RE: WMF Exploit Patch
released)

Hi all,

I must weigh in on this with an analogy. Asking software companies to
offer free patches to software whose core technologies are considered
out of date by the mainstream industry is like asking Ford Motor company
to offer free airbag installations in all 1920 vintage automobiles.

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