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Oracle 9i Isn't Quite Unbreakable

Posted by timothy on from the whom-the-crackers-would-destroy dept.

BillTheKatt writes: "The formerly (as in a couple of weeks) "unbreakable" Oracle 9i has been found to be vulnerable to a Denial Of Service bug. ... Thanks [H]ardOCP for the link to the Article At SiliconValley.com. For more information see the official notice on SecurityFocus. More proof that Microsoft does not hold a monopoly on bugs. And of course a black eye to Mr. Larry 'Big Mouth' Ellison. I'm still waiting for my network computer, Larry."

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  1. It's a Win-Win for Larry by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shooting your mouth off like that. You either get good publicity after announcing that the skript kiddies were unable to own your server or you get free security testing.

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  2. heh.. makes me wonder by MoceanWorker · · Score: 2, Funny

    if this is going to affect Larry's Oracard project. Maybe the government should consider using mySQL? ;-)

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