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Posted by michael on from the millions-of-man-hours-spent-working-around-new-bugs dept.

Xformer writes "It seems that SP2 for Windows XP isn't as secure as Microsoft touts it to be. Heise Security has uncovered two flaws in SP2's bolstered security measures, both of which may be used to get around the new trusted/untrusted executable origin checks. Of course, who would be surprised by this?" Reader EtherNetFreak writes "Well it appears that at least one hotfix is already available to fix yet another bug in Windows XP, post SP2 application." Reader Finalnight writes "'Microsoft Corp. yesterday delayed yet again its oft-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2, this time postponing the patch's distribution through the company's Automatic Update service.'"

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  1. Re:I'd actually be surprised if there are no bugs by Steeltoe · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    n SP2. They've gone through pretty much everything, re-hashed a lot of stuff, sometimes on a very deep level. Tons of bugs were fixed. There's not a software company in the world that could release something like this with zero bugs. Not even demi-god Linus Torvalds is capable of such a monumental technological feat as releasing code without bugs.

    It can't be very deep when you allow this "bug" to go through a command-window. Then it's just a patch to explorer, and explorer-alternatives like Litestep and others will still be vulnerable.

    I think it's all hype, and an afterthought to security when you allow these kinds of "bugs". It's not a bug, it's a fundamental wrong way of fixing things.

    And so fantastically predictable too!!

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  2. Re:New Poll by DA-MAN · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Might want to add "Kernel 2.6" to that. Not released to the public, just pried from Torvald's clutches and handed to the official 2.6 maintainer . . .

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  3. Re:Currect track record by fistynuts · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Asshole.

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  4. It is not bashing to discuss real problems. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Read Microsoft: A matter of trust from the same author mentioned in the Slashdot story. He reported a bug, and Microsoft told him it was a feature.