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[FYI] US: New Laws - Thou Shalt Patch
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- Subject: [FYI] US: New Laws - Thou Shalt Patch
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:13:14 +0200
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45692,00.html
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New Laws: Thou Shalt Patch
By Jeffrey Benner
2:00 a.m. July 31, 2001 PDT
With no real power to force action, the FBI's National Infrastructure
Protection Center often finds itself waving its arms, hoping for
attention when a threat like the Code Red virus emerges. Often, the
warnings go unheeded.
But that may be changing. Federal rules that will make it obligatory
for specific sectors to download virus patches are already here, and
more are coming.
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