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Re: EEYE: RealSecure/BlackICE Server Problems/Witty

From: Marcio Vieira (vieiraCSTL.SEMO.EDU)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 08:59:24 CST

> On Sunday, February 29, 2004 4:25 PM Brad Webb said:
>
> Ok, perhaps I'm blind and am missing what's right in front of
> my face, but there seems to be no patches available from ISS,
> only "upgrades".
>
> As at 9:14AM AESDT, the only options available from the URL
> given (at least for BlackICE PC Protection and BlackICE
> Server Protection products) are "upgrades" to latest version.
> Of course if your version of BICE is "out of maintenance"
> then you seem to have but three options:
>
> 1) Purchase the upgrade (paying for fixes...)
> 2) Switch to a different vendor
> 3) Continue to use a vulnerable version of BICE until such
> time as an exploit is posted to bugtraq. Use your imagination
> for the next bit.
>
> Hopefully I'm just blind and the necessary patches are
> available, or will be soon.

Well, I think I'm blind too. Or maybe ISS is. I was denied a patch to fix
the recent bugs in BlackICE because I haven't purchased their service plan
this year. Actually, they don't even have "patches"--only full product
upgrades, like Brad mentioned above. If a customer doesn't want the extra
bells and whistles (and extra bugs) that come with the new version, then the
only solution is to find another product (which I hope most ISS customers
eventually will).

The old car-with-brake-problems analogy fits nicely here: suddenly someone
finds out that the car you bought a year ago has a defective brake that's
been proven fatal, but the car manufacturer tells you that you cannot get it
fixed for free because you didn't purchase the extended warranty. (??????)

I wonder if the domain name boycottiss.org is already taken... ;-)

Marcio Vieira
Southeast Missouri State University

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