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.

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Re:WARNING

[cxvx]

It is NOT a goatse link, don't worry, the parent is just a troll

Follow the EEC Lead.

[Beautyon]

The British and German govermnents have both realized that Open Source software is the way to go for many reasons, and are now deploying these superior solutions (or planning to) across all departments.

What the makers of Linux distributions must do is concentrate on usability (and by extension consistency) and further refining their installers so that anyone off of the street can choose and then run Linux as painlessly as they have done with all the different windoze generations.

Ximian are the closest to making easy to use tools that even my Aunt Grace (70) can use. A fully blown distribution from Ximian would be "most welcome" to use parliamentary language.

The gaping hole in internet security is...

[darkov]

Microsoft. Someone ought to tell the FBI.