Completely off topic: FW: Trustworthy Computing

Monty J. Harder lists at kc.rr.com
Fri Jul 19 14:47:20 CDT 2002


> - Keeping ahead of security exploits. Distributing updates using the
Internet so that all systems are up to date. Windows Update
> and Software Update Services, discussed below, provide the infrastructure
for this.

  Has it ever occurred to anyone that WU itself, if it ever were
compromised, would become the mechanism to spread a worm to EVERY SINGLE
"TRUSTWORTHY" COMPUTER?




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