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IE7 Vulnerability Discovered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

slidersv writes "Not 24 hours after the release of IE7, Secunia reports Internet Explorer Arbitrary Content Disclosure Vulnerability. So much for the "you wanted it easier and more secure" slogan found on Microsoft's IE Website."

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  1. someone was sitting on this for a while by i_dream_in_black_and · · Score: 0, Troll

    This problem was probably discovered back in beta 1, and was not mentioned until the official release. Nice! Way to play ball.

  2. Re:two words by Warg!+The+Orcs!! · · Score: 1, Troll



    Brillant?

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  3. Actually, what's wrong with http? its overloaded by HighOrbit · · Score: 0, Troll

    What was wrong with gopher???

    Ah...the simpler times. I know you were aiming at funny, but you're really insightful. HTTP/HTML is supposed to be **hypertext*** transfer protocol; not image transfer protocal, not mp3 binary transfer protocol, and not the flash rendering protocol. HTTP/HTML has more unnecessary trinkets, bells, whistles, and blinking lights (ouch, blinking tags) hanging off from it than a christmas tree. It has evolved and is used in a haphazard way far beyond its original purpose. Its not the plain text that roots a box, its all the extras.

    Gopher was a lightway (although inflexible) text protocol. In a way, we are re-creating the spirit of gopher when we have Firefox extensions such as adblock, flash-block, and no-script in order to get rid of all the annoying blinking lights.

  4. Re:Firefox by Xamataca · · Score: 0, Troll

    I pick #14 - Donkey - Jew - poor - Oregon

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