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Re:NSA Cybersecurity Advisory: Patch Remote Desktop Services... by sitkack on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:05AM (#20101639)
The fact that NSA does so little for cybersecurity is telling. When they say patch something, it probably means it should be national emergency.
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Re:NSA Cybersecurity Advisory: Patch Remote Desktop Services... by close04 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @04:44AM (#20102533)
It means that it’s good to have a backdoor you can use, it’s bad if your enemy can also use it. So the moment NSA pushes you to patch it’s because it’s no longer exclusive to them so the backdoor is no longer an asset but a liability.
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Re:NSA Cybersecurity Advisory: Patch Remote Desktop Services... by beepboopbeep on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @09:38AM (#20104177)
Right, so...patch it
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Re:NSA Cybersecurity Advisory: Patch Remote Desktop Services... by close04 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:51PM (#20107150)
That goes without saying. If even the NSA is warning it means the fix was out for quite some time and postponing is rarely (if ever) a net positive.

I was just providing my take on when and why would NSA warn for this.

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