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Microsoft Refuses To Fix NT 4.0 Exploit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-visible-means-of-support dept.

shmigget writes "The Register is reporting that Microsoft is throwing in the towel as far as NT 4 is concerned on the latest security flaw to affect Windows 2000, XP, and NT 4. They quote Microsoft as saying 'The architectural limitations of Windows NT 4.0 do not support the changes that would be required to remove this vulnerability.'" There still is a workaround for NT 4.0. Instead of patching the problem, it's advised to firewall off port 135 on an affected machine.

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  1. ZoneAlarm by yycs · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in effect, ZoneAlarm could be considered as a patch for this problem??

    1. Re:ZoneAlarm by technos · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh.. Oww.. No, you don't want to even break wind in the same room as those. It's hard enough to get them up running stable in the first place

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  2. Honesty Filter by waldoj · · Score: 4, Funny

    After running this through the honesty filter, we come out with:

    "Windows is fundamentally insecure. Suck it up."

    Gotta love the honesty.

    -Waldo Jaquith

  3. Coming Soon! New Microsoft tagline by JoeShmoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Windows XP Professional is built upon the rock-solid reliability of Windows NT technology, the architechture that is so fundamentally limited that it does not support the changes required to remove significant vulnerabilities."

    Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

    - JoeShmoe
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  4. Give them a break. Really. by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you had to deal with half as many security flaws/exploits/holes as Microsoft, you'd be tired too.

    Plus, why are people so irksome in not upgrading to ever newer and more expensive operating systems like they're supposed to? Constantly forcing Microsoft to keep looking back over legacy code. It's ugly, dirty and scary back there, not like in candy XP land.

  5. Re:Borg icon by JonTurner · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find it interesting that the "Windows" topic has finally been used. This is the first time I can remember seeing it

    Me too. However, since we're discussing a Windows security hole, shouldn't one of the glass panes be broken?

  6. Re:No surprise by dsplat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Considering that this is a security vulnerability that they are talking about, Microsoft needs to look at what they committed to their customers in that timeline and better get a fix out ASAP!


    Didn't you read the EULA? It specifically said, "This product is supplied without any warrantee for any use whatsoever. Even as a high tech coaster in an oversized box. If the media is damaged, we will replace it with undamaged media, which we also don't guarantee has any usable software on it, within 90 days of the purchase date. Do not use in the presence of electric current. If cough persists, discontinue use."
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  7. Re:No surprise by Frymaster · · Score: 4, Funny
    After the Win9x series, I'd say it's Microsoft's worst product.

    oh, you are so forgetting microsoft bob.

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