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Microsoft Notes Critical Security Holes in Windows, Office
Scoria writes "CNN is reporting that the infamous Microsoft has disclosed six critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, including some that would allow an attacker to execute arbitary commands. According to the relevant TechNet bulletin, a cumulative patch has been released to address them." Please be sure to read the EULA before installing the patch.
Arbitrary commands run by strangers if I don't,
Arbitrary commards run by Microsoft if I do.
If only more sites complied with standards, I could dismiss MS entirely for Opera.
I can spell. I just can't type.
pronoblem
Download now to continue keeping your computer secure.
So apparently my computer is allready secure and there is no need to download the patch then!
Silly Microsoft.
Why hasn't M$ patented software bugs? I mean, they could easily prove prior art and by the sheer volume of bugs they produce, you'd think they'd want to own the concept.
if they can't be trusted, you shouldn't allow them to connect to the internet at all.
The browser is an integral part of the operating system!
I'm tempted to send a warning to my Boss the following warning.
"Beware gophur attack in coming days.
Tunnels created by gophur may break windows.
Advise careful monitoring of the handler."
To see if he goes all Caddyshack on me.
I need more old protocols coming back purely to be used for my amusement.
Working for the (other) man
That's because their PR people haven't acknowledged that it is a problem yet. Give them 6-8 months. Sheesh, you Open Source people sure are impatient.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
In the same e-mail, I sent a link to RedHat.
Hopefully, my family will finally switch to an OS that actually works.
Thanks Microsoft, for helping me make my family realize how much your software sucks -- couldn't have done it without you! *smiles*
When faced with a problem, many web developers say "I know, I'll use JavaScript!".
Now they have two problems.
Yet six more reasons why I dont allow my family to connect to the internet using MS. They can't be trusted.
:-)
Who? Microsoft, or your family?
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
> Being an IE administrator
*ROTFL*
Is that a joke? IE administrator? I just love the idea that a browser needs administration (and I don't care how many users you have, it's no excuse).
IE administrator... Good grief. Soon we'll have keyboards admins and mouse keepers...
In my opinion, Scientology is a cult you should avoid.
First off, this is funny! :-)
But it does kinda miss the point, as no doubt many people will be quick to explain. (Don't you think ``You missed the point'' should be the Official Slashdot Motto? :-)
The point is that if a patch is open source, and if only 1% of the 10,000 people who install it bother to read through, then that's still 100 pairs of eyeballs that will spot any funny business. So, crucially, the other 99% (and yes, I admit to falling into the 9,900 here more often than not) also benefit from the code's openness.
Summary: I don't want it open so I can look at it; I want it open so Linus can look at it for me and tell me if there's anything wrong with it! :-)
ObDisclaimer: no, I'm not really a degenerate freeloader. Usually I am in the 99% that doesn't read the code. But every often - say 1% of the time - I will read it. See also my open source Net::Z3950 module at perl.z3950.org before you dare question my Free Software credentials. Infidel! :-)
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What short sigs we have -
One hundred and twenty chars!
Too short for haiku.
Hell, my 3 year old son gets it OK?
(While playing Zoboomafoo Alphabet the Critical Update came onto the screen obscuring the Lemurs. "Daaaad stupid Windows is bothering me!")
This
Don't do it! (Install Linux for them, I mean) Your support calls will dry up!
I installed a Linux fileserver at a company I used to work at, and when I was laid off we agreed that they would call on me if they ever had a problem with the server and we would "work something out". I haven't recieved a single call, and it's been over 6 months! When I run into my former coworkers at the store and such I ask them how the servers doing and they always say "Great, we haven't had a single problem".
If you depend on support calls to make your living, the last thing you want to do is install Linux!
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around.
i thought you ment IT administrator. it's really sad that the browser has so many holes you need an admin for it.
-- john
We do, its called linux.
"I'm not a procrastinator, I'm temporally challenged"
Dude, if you really want support you just make a perl script to disable something minor every now and then within... say every 2-3 months.
Since you schedule it with cron, you can make sure it doesn't happen on your vacation. Some would say this is dishonest, but then again some would say "So is installing NT on purpose".