____/ Richard Rasker on Tuesday 15 January 2008 12:49 : \____
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/home_router_insecurity/
>
> "[The UPnP exploit] works regardless the operating system or browser the
> computer connected to the device is running, as long as it has a recent
> version of Adobe Flash installed."
>
> Hmm ... a crappy protocol ... devices being taken over remotely ... little
> or no user control ... choosing connectivity over security ... yup, it's
> another Microsoft invention, sure enough.
I saw that earlier, but I'm still under the impression that other O/Ses that
adopt and accept opaque binary blobs will be susceptible. Flash, in general,
has many serious flaws. The same goes for NVIDIA's blob.
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