[46863] in Cypherpunks
Re: Microsoft continues to mislead public about Windows security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kolivet@alpha.c2.org)
Wed Jan 10 00:21:07 1996
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 20:51:47 -0800 (PST)
From: kolivet@alpha.c2.org
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Frank Willoughby wrote:
> When a system is breached or a CERT Advisory is issued, this is a major
> embarassment for the company. The breach (or publicized security flaw)
> shakes the confidence of people in the vendor's products. People are
> rather unwilling to risk putting their business-critical data on a system
> which has just recently breached. This lack of confidence translates into
> a loss in sales. If unchecked or the case if severe enough, this could
> also translate into a loss of jobs.
What are CERT's criteria for a bulletin to be issued? Would the previously
mentioned Windows NT and Windows 95 security bugs qualify?
- Kay Olivetti
