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Firefox and IE Still Not Getting Along
juct writes "Heise describes a new demo showing how Firefox running under Windows XP SP2 can be abused to start applications. For this to work, however, Internet Explorer 7 needs to be installed. This severe security problem promises another round in the 'who-is-to-blame-war' between Mozilla and Microsoft. Mozilla currently is leading the race for a patch, as they have one ready in their bugzilla database. 'The authors of the demo note that there are many further examples of such vulnerabilities via registered URIs. What is so far visible is just "the tip of the iceberg". They state that registered URIs are tantamount to a remote gateway into your computer. To be on the safe side, users should, in the authors' opinion, deregister all unnecessary URIs - without, however, elucidating which are superfluous.'"
i use lynx
Mozilla is leading because they have a bug in their bug database? So the summary is claiming that MS does not have a bug in their bug database? How would you know this?
I'd rather be lucky than good.
As firefox begins to suck more and more, it becomes Microsoft's fault.
How is parent offtopic? Truly, the vast majority of security woes in Windows is due to the entirely asinine practice instituted by microsoft ages ago wherein root is assumed. This has created both the hallofshame for applications that cannot work without it, and a useless registry entry for anonymous network access wherein, if changed to anything but default (where anonymous access across the network is wide open) then things just stop working in windows networking -- tiny things like, you can no longer see other computer or change your password or get to shares on servers....
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If only mod points went to only the really technical member of
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Solution: DON'T INSTALL IE7
"better ways of doing things eventually just replace the inferior things" - Linus Torvalds 09-08-07
When the niggers raped the women I remained silent because I wasn't a woman
When the niggers raped the children I remained silent because I wasn't a child
When the niggers raped the other niggers I remained silent because I wasn't a nigger
When the niggers raped me, I couldn't speak because there were 4 black cocks in my mouth.
Ow, my ass hurts and my jaw is broken.
....in the Opera community.
A: "Did you hear something?"
B: "I think those two are at it again."
Mod it as flamebait all you want, I don't care. We haven't had our obligatory Opera-pwns comment yet so it had to be said.
And that would be a razor, so why don't you do as all linsux fucktards should do and find a razor, run a hot bath, and slit your fucking wrists fucktard.