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Old 08-10-2006, 03:37 PM   #28
JohnR
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Originally Posted by likwid
Yeah but Homeland Security dosen't need to remind us.

Wait, maybe they do...
Actually, they do: http://www.us-cert.gov/

"The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation."

I get an almost daily email informing me of vulnerabilites, most often with - you guessed it, Microsoft, and I'd venture most mentioned is, yup, IE...

Now everyone from MACs, to Firefoc, to *nixes get listed, but Microsoft warnings are like what AOL discs were not long ago - Everywhere...

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