"Jeff Weinstein" <jsw@netscape.com> writes:

The issue is that any statement that only mentions the 1 minute figure is only stating part of the story, just as a statement giving a figure of several hours is only mentioning a part of the story. All of the news articles I've seen (not an exhaustive sample) have only mentioned the 1 minute number, which only really effects a relatively small number of our customers.

The Washington Post ran an article today in the Business section. Its byline said Elizabeth Corcoran. It refered to the four hour attack figure. It appeared to be mostly a rewrite of the Netscape press release -- nearly no quotes, no quoted local sources (TIS, Denning, etc.) I expect that many papers that are far from Silicon Valley will print it with a similar spin. Pat Pat Farrell Grad Student http://www.isse.gmu.edu/students/pfarrell Info. Systems & Software Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA PGP key available on homepage #include <standard.disclaimer>