But Mr. Ikua, <div>The equally open source software known as OpenSSL had a glaring hole for years, which some suspect the US government might have known about too. </div><div><br></div><div>For as long as we have had software, so have we had software bugs, be it open, closed or ajar :-) </div>
<div><br></div><br>On Tuesday, 29 April 2014, Evans Ikua via kictanet &lt;<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Well put Walu. This is the strategic dilemma of using closed source proprietary software. I am sure the lessons that Russia learns from this will inform other governments that you are only as free as the technology that you use.<br>

<br></div>Evans<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a part of Homeland Security known as US-CERT, said in an advisory released on Monday morning that the vulnerability in versions 6 to 11 of Internet Explorer could lead to &quot;the complete compromise&quot; of an affected system.<br>


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<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-microsoft-explorer-security-flaws-20140428,0,4797833.story" target="_blank">http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-microsoft-explorer-security-flaws-20140428,0,4797833.story</a><br>


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Funny - I keep feeling that the US Gov KNEW about this hole for many years :-)<br>
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Meanwhile, use the Internet Explorer browser only if you think you have nothing important to lose. No wonder President Putin has been a worried man and wants to move his staff back to typewriters :-)<br>
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walu.<br>
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