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SecurityFocus On MS Security "Hole"

Posted by timothy on from the if-you're-sitting-at-the-console dept.

friday2k writes "There is an interesting writeup at SecurityFocus that puts the latest security 'hole' in XP into perspective. It is a worthy read and should remind us all of the real issues out there." And it collects into one place much of the flak I caught after posting about the claimed security hole opened by the XP Recovery Console.

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  1. Best quote from the article by t0qer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, if I wanted to hork data off of a system I had full physical access to, I'd just grab the drive, stick it in my pocket, and walk out whistling "Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don't Care."

    Now I can't get that song out of my head!

  2. Holy shit! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anybody else stunned that Slashdot posted an article about MS that didn't involve an explanation as to how they're incompetant?

    1. Re:Holy shit! by mrmud · · Score: 4, Funny

      Anybody else stunned that Slashdot posted an article about MS that didn't involve an explanation as to how they're incompetant?

      Yeah, I think the pigs are none to pleased about flying around and smacking into buildings. And I heard there was a mistaken delivery of 10,000 colocation air conditioners to hell...

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  3. So... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... who still thinks the Registry is a bad thing?

    (comment to be taken lightly. Should irritation persist, chill.)

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  4. Are u kidding? by vivek7006 · · Score: 5, Funny
    What ever happened to journalistic integrity? It's like these people are making it up as they go along just to reel in the hits.

    Jornalistic integrity? Man which world do you live in?

  5. Sounds like a really useful tool, by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 5, Funny

    does XP Recovery Console run on Linux?

  6. As opposed to... by djkitsch · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they reported _every_ M$ bug on Slashdot all the good articles would get pushed off the front page.

    As opposed to now, when all the good stories getting pushed off the front page by reposts, you mean?

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  7. Re:So what? by Patrick13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they reported _every_ M$ bug on Slashdot all the good articles would get pushed off the front page.

    Gotta leave room for all the articles about toasters modified to run linux and whatnot.

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  8. Re:WRONG! by quantum+bit · · Score: 4, Funny

    The idea was to use a Win2K disk on a WinXP box and the Win2K thinks it is a "corrupt" install.

    After seeing WinXP in action, I would tend to agree with the Win2k disk on its assessment...

  9. Re:Second best quote from the article by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny
    When banner ad revenue for a media outlet [slashdot.org] becomes more important than accuracy,

    Since when has accuracy been a concern to the editors at Slashdot?

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