From: Gordon Campbell <campbelg@limestone.kosone.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 96 12:30:25 PST
To: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Subject: Re: Microsoft continues to mislead public about Windows  security bugs (a bit long, with references)
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960109200303.0068fed4@limestone.kosone.com>
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At 12:37 AM 1/9/96 -0800, you wrote:

>Very true. But why does it always seem to take an exploitable crack before
>companies pay attention to security flaws? Is it because they are unable to
>admit that they have made a mistake? Everybody makes mistakes. What's the
>big deal? I really don't understand it. Any psychologists on this list?

I'm not a psychologist, but I'd guess that by the time a crack is released,
knowledge of a problem is so widespread, that the company responsible can't
ignore it. Kind of an ostrich thing.

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