Microsoft has been so good about locking people out of using Windows XP and Office XP if they don't activate their product. How about locking people out of using IIS if they don't keep their patches up to date. Microsoft has the technology to expire unpatched versions, say, every 30-to-60 days. These computers would then revert to "reduced functionality" mode where they couldn't connect to the Internet. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Russell [mailto:ryanat_private] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 02:45 To: LARD BENJAMIN LEE Cc: BUGTRAQ Subject: Re: Mitigating some of the effects of the Code Red worm ... Having done my usual lecturing, I will say that this is the first time I've even been willing to entertain the idea of a good worm... I just don't know what else can fix a problem of this scale. You will never, ever come to agreement on how it should be done. Either some government will decide for you, or some hacker who is willing to take one for the team. I'm not real comfortable with either of those two setting policy for the Internet. Ryan
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