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Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000 and XP SSL Flawed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sucks-to-be-them dept.

JoeSmack writes "In amazingly unexpected news, ComputerWorld is running an article that says the SSL security hole found in Internet Explorer is not a flaw in the browser, but in the operating system itself." The article mentions that Konqueror was patched against the same bug in 90 minutes.

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  1. Just another reason by Proud+to+be+leftist · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just another reason not to use Microsoft.

    Tell Tim OReilly not to abandon opensource!

  2. 90 minutes? Did they already Know? by N8F8 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    90 minutes to Patch? Was it a known problem that some developers knew about but a design team decided not to implement? I find it hard to believe the fix was simply a matter of adding an IF statement, patching and testing.

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  3. Re:Let's be even fairer... by PsychoSpunk · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The patch this morning was for an insecurity in something else. Perhaps you ought to read the description of what you install before assuming MS is on the ball, and even visit the ol' Knowledge Base. As it turns out, they're still working on this problem. So stop with the 3-day turnaround praise. It's still loose.

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