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Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000 and XP SSL Flawed
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.
m=M $:Yea if you idiots out there knew not to trust us this would not be a problem
FU trolls, i gots fp!
HOS!
Ok this tory really pisses me off, mainly because the problem has already been fixed. The responses to this story have been even worse, with the most intelligent of them being nothing more than worthless LUNIX FUD.
I really don't care what you think about Microsoft, and I really doubt Microsoft cares. When your company dominates over 85% of a market, and is GAINING popularity (sorry buddy, not everyone cares about the server market, obviously Microsoft could care less) you don't worry about geeks who never shower and get a kick out of who can type faster on their console.
Please, delete this story, as it's causing unnecessary FUD in the lunix community.
If you want to cause some serious FUD, you may want to tell the lunix geeks that sitting inside all day, eating cheetoes, hacking kernels, and wanking to britney spears is not healthy.
Thats funny.
According to the EULA Microsoft Isn't responsible for the code either.
I'm a programmer by trade.
Microsoft doesn't have a fucking clue.
We're the "O" in O/S.
to install spyware in those older operating systems, like they've done with XP and win2k.
Really? Call MIT! Scientists might want to study that.
Will this affect my ability to surf pr0n?
Eh... Who cares.. I personally don't have time to give a shit about downloading every patch every day.... so in my eyes it really doens't matter if MS comes out with a patch like a month later why? (btw on my monthly clicks on the windows update I was pleasantly surprised to see that service pack 3 is out :)).. because I don't spend all day browsing all the pages to find every single stupid little bug on my OS (I do have better things to do.... ie... Porn is acutally more enjoyable then looking for bugs and patches or better yet.. Actually taking a walk outside without bringing the laptop!!! What a concept!! )and getting every single patch for it. And the only computer that is on all the time is my server... which does nothing except NAT.. then again... I guess alot of em /. spend 23 hours a day on the computer so i guess it is important then
What matters is of course that I 0wnz0r J00 AllZ!
It's sad to say, but given all those unpatched bugs in Internet Explorer, this flaw is a minor issue. Why bother with DNS Spoofing etc., when you just can install and start any executable you want on your victim's computer?
It's funny that Microsoft always comments publicly on the minor bugs, but ignores the serious ones, just until they release a patch.
Lately, I've been seeing a lot of pro-Miscrosoft and anti-open source comments in slashdot (mostly Anonymous Cowards). It seems to me that slashdot has been infiltrated. Microsoft may be planting operatives to post comments on slashdot ... soon slashdot would become part of MSN ...
I think I'm going to say goodbye to slashdot now. It was fun while it lasted. But I'm not getting passport.
I have heard of group policy. Have you ever used it? It's a piece of shit. Same goes for roaming profiles, terminal server, etc. MS makes crappy products that promise much more then they deliver. I have not used the SUS but reading their FAQ it looks like I would have to go from desktop to desktop and install the client. If it's anything like SMS or anything else from MS it will be half usable piece of shit.
Every product MS makes delivers 70% of what the white papers promise.
War is necrophilia.