[97466] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Baker)
Fri Jun 15 16:32:22 2007
In-Reply-To: <57466E16-FC26-4424-94FD-13830C4F2D4F@dragondata.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
From: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:30:59 -0700
To: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jun 15, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Day wrote:
> I've never tried it, but I've heard that they've been surprisingly
> helpful, even in cases where it was obviously not Microsoft's fault
> (directly, anyway). I'm not 100% positive that their policy
> explicitly allows OEM license holders to use that number, but from
> those I've talked to that have used it - they don't ask for any
> license information at all. After they've verified it fits their
> definition of a security problem, you're handed over to a tech to
> help you clean it up.
It is my understanding that they even support pirated software in
this context; they figure it's better to fix the stuff and then
figure out how to get the right stuff there than to wenge about its
pedigree.
