Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 753
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:00:59 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Thursday 18 December 2003
 Number  753
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Subjects for today
 
1   [Humour] New bloatware from MS : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>

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Date:  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:05:28 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:   [Humour] New bloatware from MS

Courtesy of a link from the Register (www.theregister.co.uk) comes this
example of security
MS-style
http://www.microsoft dot com/presspass/press/2003/dec03/12-16HolidayAwarenessPR.
asp
(link may break across lines, please rejoin if necessary)

If you go there you will notice in the instructions for turning on the
firewall is this last item:

6. Check the box that reads "Protect my computer and network by limiting 
or preventing access to this computer from the Internet." 

It apparently takes MS 16 words (count 'em!) to say "Start Firewall" and
for all I know it might be in a pretty graphic box so that it doesn't take
a mere 100 bytes to store this message but Ks and Ks...

<G>

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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