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IE7 Bug Reports Flooding In
the JoshMeister writes "According to ZDNet, bug reports are already flooding in for Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview. Specific issues include the possibility of arbitrary code execution as well as incompatibilities with McAfee Security Center, anti-spyware programs, and online banking sites." From the article: "... browser testers may already be at risk, according to security researcher Tom Ferris. Late Tuesday, Ferris released details of a potential security flaw in IE 7. An attacker could exploit the flaw by crafting a special Web page that could be used to crash the browser or gain complete control of a vulnerable system, Ferris said in an advisory on his Web site. Microsoft had no immediate comment on Ferris' alert."
I can't believe how stupid Microsoft is. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Do I get mod points now?
What a relief to know that we can expect the same browsing experience and constant level of quality from IE7 as we were accustomed to with IE6! Even though they completely re-engineered the whole browser with all these innovative new features and overhauled the security model of the browser/OS integration!
is the ugly-ass user interface just a bug as well? Lord I hope so!
I've been trying out various beta version of Microsoft Vista (Longhorn/2007, whatever).
Pretty.. Pretty crap.
With the newest version I have now, I'm lucky if it behaves anything like the way it's suppose to.
On one desk, a machine that was perfectly happy and stable until a few days ago when I started screwing with Vista. On the other desk, a perfectly happy stable machine running Slamd64 (x86_64 version of Slackware).
I can remain confident that my Slamd64 box won't go down. That's what I'm doing all my real work on. I have about a 25% chance when I move the mouse to make the screen saver go away (already set not to sleep, standby or require login after the screen saver), that it won't be available.
MSIE 7.0 is less stable than MSIE 6. And
The security aspect is fun. My compact flash card reader is plugged into this machine. I wanted to move some files over to the Linux machine. It doesn't want to play with the Samba, nor my girlfriend's WinXP machine, so I had to go with FTP. From the command line, I did 'mput *jpg'. It sent two of the three files in my current directory, before popping up the friendly warning that something unfriendly may be happening, and it has been stopped. Well, I got two of my files transfered. You're not so quick at stopping unsavory tasks.
I mention the CF reader, but don't think that works right either. It doesn't see it after boot. I have to physically unplug it, and plug it back in. It then gives me two prompts. One for the 'missing' drivers, and another asking how I want to open the device. Well, if the drivers don't work, how the hell are you offering to open the CF card? Aborting both lets it work.
I fought with the first install for two days, before I gave up on the sound drivers.. After upgrading to the current version, it took another day, and an odd combination of Vista and WinXP drivers. Some from nVidia, some from Microsoft. The PCI->AGP has to be Microsoft, but all the rest have to be nVidia's. Vista claims to have the right drivers, but they don't work worth shit.
Yet another abortion from Microsoft. Good work guys. Keep putting the crap out, and you'll push everyone over to either Linux or Mac OS/X. Either way, it's an improvement.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Microsoft, give up yeah?
Ignorance Can Be Frowned Upon
HOORAY!