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A lot of snarky replies to this comment, but the reality is that if you were selling an anti-virus, identified a malicious virus, and then chose not to update m
by avree 2y ago
A lot of snarky replies to this comment, but the reality is that if you were selling an anti-virus, identified a malicious virus, and then chose not to update millions of your machines with that virus’s signature, you’d also be in the wrong.
- naasking 2y ago> identified a malicious virus, and then chose not to update millions of your machines with that virus’s signature, you’d also be in the wrong. No, for exactly the reason we just saw, and the same reason why vaccines are tested before widespread rollout.
- aforwardslash 2y agoOn the other hand, diseases vaccines prevent dont have almost instantaneous propagation, thats why they are effective at containing propagation. As an example, reaction time is paramount to counter many kinds of attacks - thats why blocklists are so popular, and AS blackholing is a viable option.
- rco8786 2y agoI’m not saying don’t update? I’m talking about rolling the update over the course of a short amount of time, like under an hour. With the ability to stop the rollout.