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To: FJB who wrote (21868)8/17/2001 11:30:30 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 110653
 
I'm not arguing with you. Some people will complain from day one. Granted.

But a lot of people will say, if it's truly secure, it's great. But if it lets the hackers in, it's a security hole.

One major problem is that if you leave security holes in web server software, you can responsibly get away with saying if we get the patches out and publicized, it's the webmaster's fault if they don't keep it updated. So our job ends with getting patches out and publicized.

But you can't expect the ordinary user to keep up on all the security patches. If you make a home operating system that has security holes, that's a far more serious thing. IMO, of course. But XP is intended for home users. So if MS is going to build into it a mechanism for a remote computer to take over the home computer, they had damn well better make sure it is absolutely, 100% secure. Otherwise, there will be major league chaos.
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