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WMF Flaw not a Backdoor
koro666 writes "In a blog post, Mark Russinovich from SysInternals responded to the allegations made by Steve Gibson labeling the flaw as an intentional backdoor. It seems that the hype was about Steve's discovery that the code would only be executed if the size of the metafile record was deliberately tampered with, which is not the case. The technical details are explained in his post."
Conspiracy theories don't need reasons backing them up. I still think that microsoft eats babies.
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Not quite a backdoor in itself, but it makes a very nice doorframe. Complete with the Windows 'critical flaw of the month' moulding and Welcome mat placed in front of it, just ready for someone with a door to install it into the wall...
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
read topic much?
Well, as their name subtlely denotes, backdoors are on the back, hence the difficulty to spot them if not proactively looked for.
That must be the raison d'etre for constructing them in the back.
And, to conclude, if it is built like a backdoor, and squeaks like a backdoor, it must be a...
My other post is a First.
Of course it's not a backdoor, in more exciting news a whale swims up the Thames.
... when you can just throw a small rock through windows!
Steve Gibson: 12,700,000 results.
William Gibson: 21,300,000 results.
Now who's your daddy?
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Perhaps Steve would like to present his findings at the next DunceHats security conference. We could do with people of his caliber.
Tim Brown
Excuse me if i'm wrong but i believe this post was stolen from a previous artical way back when. I know this why? because i sit at home in my mothers basement looking at slashdot all day and have a kick ass memory ... almost as good as ecc ram!
If i wasnt a lazy slashdot junky i would actually go looking for this posting but at the end of the day the GP being the 1st post and being so long at the same time makes obvious sense that it was c&p from somewhere.
But but but! Don't you know, he can code Windows on the back of a napkin in his hand-optimised assembler code!!! /sarcasm
Sig for hire.
I'll guess from your handle that you may not be a native speaker of English. In which case, allow me to offer some friendly advice - the word you were probably looking for is "analyze", with a "y". "Analize" with an "i" is also a verb meaning...well, something else.
Okay, mod me offtopic now....
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.