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FBI, Pentagon Talk to MS about XP Hole
(eternal_software) writes: "The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI and Defense Department are talking to Microsoft about the serious flaws found in the XP operating system. As we all know, the most recent flaw allowed any XP machine to be hijacked simply by connecting it to the internet. The government is getting involved because of growing U.S. concerns about risks to the 'net as a whole." In fact, the FBI would like you to go a bit beyond the MS patch. davecl points out the updated page put out by the National Infrastructure Protection Center about this vulnerability as well.
One that blocks out everyone except them.
Never trust the government!
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
What really makes M$ asicine is the following:
M$ can't do no wrong.
M$ isn't at fault; the guy/gal that found the exploit is.
"M$ makes good products!" they preach, but in reality they are piss-poor quality that have more problems than their competition. Not to say that the competition has flawless software, but M$ tends to have more bugs and severe issues. So hold back your flame...
M$ doesn't care about their customers, they care about their customer's money. They feel that they don't have to do anything good to secure their computers, just focus on putting a dog on the screen and make it go "Good morning!" This is one reason why I support Linux and their companies.
Finally, M$ doesn't believe in QC. That's right, Quality Control is important. Code audits, testers, secruity audits; whatever -- bottom line: Do a better damn job with QC.
That my friends, will be M$'s demise... lack of QC.
Karma whorin' since 1999
It's American, and a symbol of American characteristics such as innovation
Since when is Microsoft a symbol of innovation?
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
What do you want, the guy's a Christian. If Jesus died for him, asking you to do his research is not that big a deal...
I survived the Dick Cheney Presidency 7 to 9 AM 7-21-07
Oh you're so right. After the events of September 11th, my company, like many other individuals and institutions, came to the realization that foreigners (especially the swarthy ones) are inherently evil, and instituted a policy of hiring only white male Christians, plus providing each white male Christian employee with a free Holy Bible and framed copies of the second and tenth amendments. In the following months, we've found that the amount of terrorist code in our software has decreased dramatically! The exciting side effect of all this is that our code is also now 100% Made in the USA!
Here's to hoping that companies all over the globe follow our practices so that we can make this a better world for good, peace-loving people everywhere. Let's roll!