 gwionwild colonial boyPremium,ExMod 2001-08
join:2000-12-28
Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:1 | reply to blacksurfer
Re: People with fake keys can't protect from Sasser! Why?
If someone's running unpatchable software, let them be responsible for making it "hygenic."
Stealing an OS isn't right, and expecting support for a stolen OS isn't right, either. If someone had the coniving skill to activate the OS without a legal key of their own, then they can demonstrate their "mad skilz" by patching it without MS' help; it's a simple firewalling trick. They can hopefully find some "serialz" for some hot firewalling software and protect themselves.
If I steal a gun, and it happens to have been defective, why should you (the victim) have to provide me with the spare parts I need to make it safe and workable? I have a far better idea, same as I've proposed several times. If someone's causing chronic network disruptions because of an infected system they're not addressing, notify them; if they don't patch it or contain the malicious traffic on their own LAN within X days, terminate their connection until they do.
And if that leaves the folks with stolen copies of windows all sitting around without an internet connection, or having to actually buy a key for their OS to use the OS? Tough; I pay for this stuff, they can, too.
Which may explain why my reply in this regard focuses on mitigating the threat to others; as far as the pirated OS user, well... they decided to use a stolen OS; whatever problems they have with it because MS now won't support it are their miseries, and my non-events, unless and until they go out looking for the company misery loves, and cause a problem for others... then, they can simply be isolated and terminated until they can figure out a quick fix on their own. ...not that I'm leading or anything, but ... ahh, well, like buying a supported copy of the OS, perhaps?
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