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FBI, Pentagon Talk to MS about XP Hole

Posted by timothy on from the step-inside-the-circle-of-trust dept.

(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.

13 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. What do you like to slather on yourself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man feæces? Or monkey feæces?

  2. XP Holes.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are so big because I fuck MS in the ass with my great big cock! No wonder they're so gaping!

    Yeah! 10th post!

  3. What DO you like to slather??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man feæces?! Or monkey feæces?!

  4. Bill Gates imprisoned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...for revealing information about the CIA/FBI backdoors in Windows XP.
    I think it's time for a new European operating system like Linux.
    I can't understand why we use still this US stuff with the raise of the new european superpower. It's not that this USian things are superior technology, just look at their cars.

  5. Quick! Mod parent down! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Expecially as they don't even have any serious competitors.

    No! He's saying Linux / *BSD / MacOS / whatever isn't a match for XP! Quick! Give the above a couple of flamebait and troll moderations!

  6. Re:WARNING - GOATSECX LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bollocks! It is too a bloody GOAT SECX link! I saw it with my own eyes, I did! Big and pink and gapey and all puckered up like a pussy but it warn't a pussy it was a bloody man's anus, it was!

  7. Re:hot or not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    girls:
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    guys:
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  8. WARNING GOATSE LINK IN PARENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    pls mod accordingly or delete before someone falls afoul of that link. slashdot, please fix filters to take these links into account.

  9. They need to mind their own buisness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who even told the FBI and Pentagon about the Internet? Man, I remember when it was a secret network. They always want to be nosy. It's like, if there was a buffer overflow exploit possible on fedworld.gov, then I could see how they care, but just because of a stupid Microsoft Windows XP but, they want to sit here and say "oh no! blah blah blah blah". They just need to mind their own fucking buisness. The government always gets into people's personal lives, which is an invasion of our constitutional freedoms!

  10. Re:Follow the EEC Lead. by dbarclay10 · · Score: 2, Troll

    I won't comment on the "usability" of the desktops other than to say that almost all desktops under *nix that I've used(KDE, GNOME, plain 'ol Sawfish or IceWM) are extraordinarily easy to use. They're hard to learn(well, maybe not KDE and to a lesser extent GNOME), but they're absolutely amazing to use.

    Be sure to seperate "ease of use" from "ease of learning" :) Windows is easy for almost everyone to learn, because almost everyone has had exposure. But it's a bitch to use.

    I *will*, however, comment about installations. You're on drugs. It's that simple :) Mandrake is *easier* to install than Windows. Go ahead and try it. The installation is smoother, all hardware is autodetected, everything is just EASY. Windows installation isn't nearly so nice. I'm not saying it's their fault - after all, Windows is almost always preinstalled. They really havn't had much motivation to make a really kickass installer.

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    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)
  11. FBI's got their dirty hands in everything now. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Next, the FBI is going to be checking these holes. We'll see what they find.

  12. Re:OK, M$ is getting stupider by WildBeast · · Score: 1, Troll

    oh, is this the recipe for success? Maybe I should start a software company now and go with your M$ plan. I'll be sure to succeed.

    when did MS say they're not at fault? They published the patch and thanked the guy who found the exploit.

    piss-poor quality? Yeah, I guess that's why Windows is used on more than 90% of desktops and that MS Office is so popular.

    If you had any notions in marketing you would know that you can't get your customers money without first caring about your customers. that's what MS does, they added features that their customers ask for.

    Grow up will ya.

  13. Can't get through? Different patch mirror sites... by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mirror Site #1

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