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MSIE Uber-patch Of The Month
mkraft writes "Microsoft released another security patch for Internet Explorer to fix 6 'new' vulnerabilities. Info on the patch can be obtained via download or Windows Update. Not sure what 6 things the patch fixed, but I'm assuming they fixed 6 of the 14 known exploits listed at http://jscript.dk/unpatched/"
Maybe not even all six -- the maintainer of the above URL
claims in a post to Bugtraq
that Microsoft got some facts wrong and "patched a symptom" of one of the vulnerabilities, "not its root cause," and that IE5 and IE5.5 remain unpatched with the same "Critical" vulnerability.
Also, please compare to previous MSIE Uber-Patches Of The Month:
December 2001, 3+? holes in IE;
March 2002, 2+? holes in IE;
April 2002, 2+? holes in Mac IE.
What about this?
Netscape isn't secure either. A well written web page can read and capture local files.
Micro$oft, although they write their fair share, isn't the only company that writes bad code.
As the subject states; this is not news for nerds.
Do you still live at home, or ever eat there? Do you know what happens when you don't tip at restaurants? Might want to start checking your food...
Ray for the orange and the blue!
Ray, ray, ray, ray, ray for the orange and the blue!
Remember... ZG9uJ3QgZm9yZ2V0IHRvIGRyaW5rIHlvdXIgb3ZhbHRpbmU=
The following is taken from http://bennyhills.fortunecity.com/hardy/203/nonbel iever/page50.html
. I don't know if it's valid or not.
When George Bush was campaigning for the presidency, as incumbent vice president, one of his stops was in Chicago, Illinois, on August 27, 1987. At O'Hare Airport he held a formal outdoor news conference. There Robert I. Sherman, a reporter for the American Atheist news journal, fully accredited by the state of Illinois and by invitation a participating member of the press corps covering the national candidates had the following exchange with then Vice President Bush.
Sherman: Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism of Americans who are Atheists?
Bush: No, I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
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No wonder I've backsliding...
t_t_b
I'm on PJ's "enemies" list! Are you?
Well if you want to be an SA, expect low pay, little respect, alot of work, and no glory. :-)
.com BS, so I didn't drop out to work in .com.
.com insanity.
But you get to play with cool toys..
Now if you still want to be an SA, read on....
Well, it's a hard one.. I don't have a degree, but I spent 6 years in college, physics+comp sci double major. I dropped out after I ran out of money and needed to work.
I dropped out before all the
Been working for nearly nine years as a professional UNIX system administrator. And fortunately never worked in the
I would recommend going to college and getting your degree. I've been very lucky and have been able to put together a pretty strong resume. I would not recommend my course of action for everyone. I worked at my Universities computing center as a UNIX operator and learned alot there.
But not everyone has those opportunities.
I get alot of calls, even these days from head hunters and queries from old bosses and what not.
But I would recommend learning how to program, for SAs, most importantly, Perl, *SH, and of course learn C too. Though these days there is not alot of C programming being done by SAs, (.. in the olden days...)
Also learn lots about networking and database systems, snmp and most importantly to be a successful systems administrator....develop thick skin!
Check out USENIX's SAGE web page...
http://www.usenix.org/sage/
But get a degree in either CS, IS (IT MGMT), EE, Physics, Chemistry or even Biology. And if you take a physical science route, minoring in comp sci will be helpful.
I'm considering going back to school to get a degree in bio-chemistry or finish the physics degree. more for the hell of it.
Certification, well at any decent place I have found, certs doesn't mean jack. I found every single certified person, wether it's UNIX or Windows or what have you have been fairly clueless. I think I have met only one cisco certified engineer who knew anything.
When I hire someone though, I don't look at the degree, it's irrelevant when you need to get work done.
However, if I needed to hire someone and they have no experience, they should have at least spent some time in school.
Good luck
Sorry if the post seems disjointed, I'm doing several things at once....
IE randomly locks up on me all the time in XP when I open new windows (I always open links in new windows, leaving 20 windows open).
Oh well, guess it's time to give Moz for win32 another try, test out those new "tabs"