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Microsoft Security Patch Fixes URL Security Flaw
loteck writes "Microsoft has just released Security Update 832894. According to their official information, it affects all NT kernel versions of Windows and most versions of Internet Explorer. Here's a rundown of the important fixes, notably 'A vulnerability that involves the incorrect parsing of URLs that contain special characters' in Internet Explorer, as previously discussed on Slashdot."
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Better late than never ^_^
I punched a baby once.
i'm sure lunix zealot fags like you will spin it like they've done something wrong.
Do you have to pay for the patch???
I am become Troll, destroyer of threads
That's what you get for not doing your daily patching. 'Course it's better than paying $699 to SCO.
"This Internet Explorer cumulative update also includes a change to the functionality of a Basic Authentication feature in Internet Explorer. The update removes support for handling user names and passwords in HTTP and HTTP with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or HTTPS URLs in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The following URL syntax is no longer supported in Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer after you install this software update:
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...and even though they continue to break standards, people continue to use their software. Are users that ignorant and lazy? .. Why do I even ask that question.
http(s)://username:password@server/resource.ext
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http://snipurl.com/1k70
all the same, it's generally safe to assume that anyone who "enlivens" his posts with repeated references to M$, MicroSloth, and all it's variants, no longer has anything fresh or interesting to say.
" Considering IE is less secure than Mozilla it's alarming to me that any bank would "require" it."
Making such a statement proves your an idiot. I'd like to see you prove IE is less secure than mozilla.