From: "Robert Comer" 

>I
> think that's a bad, bad idea.

I don't disagree, but there's got to be some kind of controls to make sure
it comes from Microsoft...

- Bob Comer


"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message news:4123a285{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:412397fa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > My old Thinkpad is set up to prompt before downloading auto-updates,
>> > and prompt again before installing them.  I saw no prompts.  I got the
>> > new Security dialog after installing the cumulative IE6 patch.
>>
>> As I said, it's a stealth patch, I doubt very seriously if it asked -- it
>> didn't even notify me.  I know it's not part of the IE6 update.
>
> A stealth path, hmmm.... can we all spell "exploit waiting to
happen"? I
> think that's a bad, bad idea.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> (Not to mention the impact on the trustworthiness of MS - what on earth
> could be an acceptable reason for not letting the user know about an
> update?
> I sure can't think of any...)
>
>

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