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Subject: self updating Internet applications
From: "Sami A. Yousif" <syousif @ arn . net>
Organization: TeddyR Computers
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 07:35:49 -0600
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
Comments: Authenticated sender is <syousif @ mailbox . arn . net>
Reply-to: syousif @ arn . net

Has anyone (third party) tested the programs like backweb, pointcast 
and nortons liveupdate for how they do their updates?

 I do realize that it is easy to disable the autoupdate for most of 
these clients; the only issue I can see is that you just have to 
trust the companies that make these applications. 

BTW: it seems that now both pointcast and backweb can be set to use 
port 80 to "go through" firewalls....

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