This does beg the question (not that I hold *you* responsible!) why the advisory had to come out before the patch. Does anyone know whether the news had escaped to the blackhats? Otherwise I cannot understand the rationale. Barney On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:06:04AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
CERT said that the ISS advisory was to be released on 13 November, and that the patch would be available from ISC next week. There was no indication about when CERT itself was going to issue an advisory, but clearly someone said something a day earlier than had been expected.
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