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Zone-Spoofing Fixed for IE 7 Home Users

Posted by Zonk on from the i-can-sleep-better-tonight dept.

BeanBunny writes "The IE 7 dev team has essentially removed the intranet zone for Home users, resulting in a Web browser that is effectively invulnerable to a zone-spoofing attack. This security feature does not exist, however, on any installation that is part of a managed network. It also does not exist if you manually change the permissions on your Internet zone. However, in Windows Vista, both zones will be run in a 'protected mode,' something that allegedly prevents the invisible installation of code."

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  1. Re:Sadly, the slashdot crowd WANTS IE to be insecu by Chaffar · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The fact is, Microsoft is addressing their security problems, just as they did their stability problems, and that scares you guys to death.

    Not really... I'm very happy with my *nix box and I haven't actually cared for whatever M$ has done lately for security, and I bet a lot of other *nix and Mac users don't give a damn whether Windows ever becomes secure. What you're accusing us is for rooting (ro0ting?) for the underdog, which last time I checked WASN'T a crime.

    You lost your stability argument

    I disagree. Windows is still more unstable than Linux, doesn't require restarts everytime you change fonts.

    you're losing your security argument

    Yes, that's why we rushed to go download the Sony ro0tkit remover. Or cared when yet another IE flaw was revealed.

    Face the facts that you're going to have to find another argument

    We'll worry about that when the time comes. For now, and IMHO for a while things aren't getting MUCH better for Windows. Better, yes, but not enough.

    Some people write to TV channels to complain about the programs they run. Some people change the channel. A lot of us were unhappy with Windows, and took matters into our own hands. Also, many people turned away from M$ because of OSS, so it's also a matter of principle as well as dissatisfaction with Windows.

    So, obviously, when M$ commits a blunder, we'll always be on the corner rubbing our hands and snickering, the same way children point and laugh at the poor kid who tripped and fell in the mud puddle, instead of helping him get up. Everytime M$ fvcks up,it makes us happier of the effort we put to turn away from Windows (because it does take a substantial time investment, even for the best).