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    His argument seems to be that the bad guys will "reverse engineer"
    the patch in order to "discover" the vulnerability it was written to fix.
    I saw it differently.. Just because a patch has been released dosent mean that there isnt a hole still in the system.. The Coder will be looking for a weakness, or an overlooked weakness, that still exists or an extra weakness introduced by the modified code. Isnt this among the reasons that Sys Admins will test patches and updates before rolling out on a network?

    I regularly encounter systems with Virus infestations, the clients first complaint is "BUT!! I HAVE ANTI VIRUS", that is like "BUT I HAVE PATCHED MY SYSTEM", If your expecting one or 2 of the safe methods to protect the integrity of your network your a bloody fool.. And even when you follow all the steps, you cover all the bases.. IF YOUR NOT VIGILENT YOUR NOT SECURE.. the best , IMHO, you can expect is 99%.. (and that is with an excellent staff training and policies in place)..

    Here is a Question.. Knowing where your weakness lie, the best guide to securing your network.. Myth or a good fact?
    And: What would you consider the top Ten USer Myths for PC or Personal information Security? (yes that can be seen as a double question..2 lists?)

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    tools and patches help to some degree but maybe their effectiveness is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder.
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    I saw it differently.. Just because a patch has been released dosent mean that there isnt a hole still in the system.. The Coder will be looking for a weakness, or an overlooked weakness
    Indeed Undertaker ,,, Indeed ...

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    A seperate discussion.. a windows security check list..

    http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=267554

    Here is a Question.. Knowing where your weakness lie, the best guide to securing your network.. Myth or a good fact?
    And: What would you consider the top Ten USer Myths for PC or Personal information Security? (yes that can be seen as a double question..2 lists?)
    "Consumer technology now exceeds the average persons ability to comprehend how to use it..give up hope of them being able to understand how it works." - Me http://www.cybercrypt.co.nr

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    There is no, and proably will never be, an install and forget method.
    Errr...

    format %systemdrive%

    and follow the prompts... You can then be _absolutely_ assured that you have an operating system that has no vulnerabilities except physical access.

    Specious argument? Yeah, probably...

    The point is that there are mitigation techniques to all vulnerabilities. You presented an extreme scenario.... As did I. If you don't want to be vulnerable don't run any software. Of course, that would make your PC a doorstop but it works... If you want the doorstop to be somewhat functional then you need that "software" stuff which brings "risk" into the equation.

    It's all relative....
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