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The Fine Line Between Security and Usability

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the discarding-old-tech dept.

SkiifGeek writes to ask, "Where should vendors be required to draw the line when supporting deprecated file formats and technology? In a recent case independent security researcher cocoruder found a critical bug with the JET engine, via the .mdb (Access) file format, he reported it to Microsoft, but Microsoft's response came as a surprise to him — it appears that Microsoft is not inclined to fix a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability with a data technology that is at the heart of a large number of essential business and hobby applications."

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  1. Oblig. Dilbert by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mordac, the preventer of information services, makes a statement on security versus usability:

    http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071116.html

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    Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
  2. Re:In my opinion by actiondan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft is a company, there goal is profit. ... not making linux geeks smile

    Explain Vista then.

  3. Access leads to... by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Access is the path to the dark side, for Access leads to SQL Server, and SQL Server leads to suffering."