__/ [ Linonut ] on Wednesday 04 October 2006 04:13 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Claimed security hole in Firefox "just a joke"
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The allegedly critical hole reported yesterday in Firefox's JavaScript
>> | implementation has turned out, not surprisingly, to be a hoax. Mischa
>> | Spiegelmock, who made the claim at the Toorcon hacker conference, told
>> | Mozilla's security chief Window Snyder, "The main purpose of our talk
>> | was to be humorous."
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/78970
>
> "While it is possible to create a stack overflow, the only result he
> has been able to produce is a browser crash. Neither he, nor anyone
> else, has managed to execute code via this hole. Spiegelmock claims
> to know nothing about the other 30 holes reported in the media."
>
> IT'S A DENIAL OF SERVICE!!!! OHMIGOD!!!!
>
> What did I tell you about Erik's Whoppers®?
In know all about whoppers, but what is an Erik? *grin*
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