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To: DiViT who wrote (56921)3/29/2001 5:11:55 PM
From: dybdahl  Respond to of 74651
 
Please read the FAQ:

The update does the following:

* Installs a CRL onto the local machine. The CRL lists the two bogus certificates as having been revoked.
* Adds new functionality via a piece of software called an installable revocation handler that causes the system to check the CRL on the machine if the CDP data is missing or invalid.
* Turns on CRL checking in IE for software publisher's certificates.

In other words, it's a simple patch that does nothing that needs localization, which is also mentioned below:

"Localization:
The update is not language-specific. It can be installed on systems using any language."

By the way, try to read the FAQ, it's quite funny:

"No. A patch corrects a flaw in a piece of software. In this case, though, there isn?t a flaw in any Microsoft product."

How do you apply a change to some source code in order to add some functionality? You patch it. How do you change the serial number in a binary file, if you want all files to have unique ID's? You patch it! At patch changes something in another file. So, it's a patch.

Lars.



To: DiViT who wrote (56921)3/29/2001 5:24:59 PM
From: dybdahl  Respond to of 74651
 
What about this one:

microsoft.com

Originally posted january 30th, 2001. I would guess that the bug has been know before that. Right now, march 30th, 2001, it reads:

"Localization:
Localized versions of this patch are under development. When completed, they will be available at the locations discussed in "Obtaining other security patches"."

I guess this explains the situation very well.

Lars.