From: Jeff Shultz 

Geo. wrote:

> "Jan van Hoek (NL)"  wrote in message
> news:VA.000001d2.0037ddc6{at}xs4alldot.nl...
>
>> I'm not that afraid for the spoofing problem. The download process
>> starts on a Microsoft website with an IP-address that you have to trust
>> anyway. And that launching website is the source of subsequent
>> subsidiary websites, which you have to trust too.
>
> Yes, but if those subsequent subsidiary websites are not under Microsoft's
> control (if they outsource the downloads) then how can they claim it's
> secure because it's not under their control at that point.
>
> Geo.

Isn't their outsource Akamai or somesuch? I guess it's a "secondlevel
secure" thing - they told MS they were secure in such a way that MS
trusts them, therefore MS can say they are secure.

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Jeff Shultz

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