__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 07 July 2006 22:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:43:46 +0100
> <76825300.sbGgc7nH29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 07 July 2006 09:26 \__
>>
>>> Quote:
>>> -------------
>>> ...but a spokesVole insisted that it was a feature that had legitimate
>>> users for customers.
>>>
>>> He said it was important to clarify the difference between security
>>> problems and legitimate features. A feature allows someone to do
>>> something. A security hole helps an attacker do something they
>>> shouldn't be able to do. I trust we are all clear on that?
>>> ------------
>>> End quote
>>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32847
>>
>> Also see Ghost's insightful analysis in an earlier threat about this:
>>
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>> | Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
>> | From: The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> | Subject: Re: [News] More Windows/Internet Explorer Holes, Microsoft in
>> | Denial
>> |
>> | This works even on IE6 running on Linux. Here's how.
>> |
>> | [1] Create a small C++ file with the following source code.
>> |
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> There's nothing quite like bug-for-bug compatibility. :-)
Interesting Frudian oopsie up there: "thread"/"threat". It's a tit-for-tat
game. Thank goodness there is no native version of IE5/6 for GNU/Linux (Mac
OS used to have IE5 maintained). It will have hindered the adoption of
Mozilla/Mozilla Firefox and Opera through the Open Source community.
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