The others, are pretty much the same. And ZoneAlarm is owned by CA now. It wasn’t much good before anyway. They can make it worse. 😉
]]>I’ve been in those discussions: “Yes, it’s a weakness, but what would anyone do with it.” You can’t get their attention unless you can show them the exploit. You have to show them the hack before they admit there’s a problem.
The whole Y2K mess was caused by a lot of people refusing to take action until the last minute. I had all of my major programs tested and verified in 1998, but clients still called to ensure their software would work.
As you say, it should be fix it when you find it, so there’s no last minute rush.
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(for the definition of “penguinized” in my previous comment, heh).
— Badtux the Penguinized Penguin
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