RE: [Security] Fun with Windows all over again

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From: Eric Chamberlain (eric_at_uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 12:07:47 PDT

Microsoft actually recommends, as a best-practice, burning patches to CD and
updating machines before they are connected to the network. 

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Eric Chamberlain, CISSP
Campus Active Directory Architect
Central Computing Services
University of California, Berkeley
http://calnetad.berkeley.edu
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[mailto:owner-ucb-security_at_uclink4.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Hunter
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:05 AM
To: Craig Lant
Cc: micronet-list_at_uclink.berkeley.edu; ucb-security_at_uclink.berkeley.edu;
comp-mgrs_at_socrates.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: [Security] Fun with Windows all over again
On Sep 12, "Craig Lant" wrote:
> 	3. We will most likely be putting together a CD with
> 	   patches and appropriate tools to help with securing
> 	   vulnerable or compromised computers.
As an open-source advocate, unix zealot, and cynic, I'd like to wonder out
loud whether such a CD conflicts with Microsoft's licensing requirements.
If it does conflict, I think disregarding the licensing is irresponsible.
This may have already been brought up.
Mike
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