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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. Minor problem by Florian+Weimer · · Score: 3, Troll

    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.