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TCP/MS, We'll Cure What Ails You

Posted by michael on from the bait-and-switch dept.

Cringely can string some words together from time to time, and this week's installment is a pretty good one. He's been reading a little too much Gibson (raw sockets have nothing to do with the spread of MSTD [?] 's), but overall, he's probably right. When the time is ripe, I think we'll see a move exactly like this.

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  1. Re:Wrong Premise by technos · · Score: 1, Troll

    What is the point of having access levels when any ordinary user process can usurp ring-0 with code MS has known about since pre-SP1 and still functions today with minor modification?

    Having security that doesn't work is no security at all.

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    .sig: Now legally binding!
  2. ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    nothing can cure what ailes you micheal. your a censoring bastard.

  3. Privacy etc. by rmrfslash · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are many people who don't know/care about privacy. They are called Sheep.
    I work tech support at an ISP
    A lady calls and says "I can't connect" I ask her what the error message is. Guess what? The error message is "Connected" she doesn't know how to click on Internet Explorer.
    I am willing to bet that there are many people like this lady, in fact I know there are. Do they care about privacy? hell no they're barely self aware.

  4. Re:How DID they do that? by LyNXeD · · Score: 0, Troll
    How can they be E-Mail viruses? I use E-Mail, with a client called mutt, both at home and at work. I've never been infected by one of these "E-Mail viruses" everyone's talking about. The person down the hall using a Windows mail client has been infected once or twice, but I haven't at all.

    Maybe I'm just confused?

  5. Everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop slashdotting Everything. No one cares what a MicroSoft Transmitted Disease is.