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Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD
David Gerard writes "Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who'd annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft reintroduces this popular feature in Windows 7, courtesy the rewritten TCP/IP and SMB2 stacks. Well done, guys! Another one for the Windows 7 Drinking Game."
- Shiny-new interface.
- No annoying "are you sure" popups every 30 seconds like Vista.
- Can run on a 1 gigabyte machine without slowing to a crawl.
It simply wasn't possible for Microsoft to make such a great perfect OS without including a flaw.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
...that my fellow Boston Public School graduates are writing for seclists.org.
Section V: "An attacker can remotly crash without no user interaction, any Vista/Windows 7 machine with SMB enable. "
Yes, because we been done had seen that explot in the pasts.
Dear $DEITY, are there no proof readers or editors alive on these sites?
well, now I know how to win any lan party contests :)
NOBODY EXPECT ATTACKS FROM INSIDE YOUR LAN!!!! Their chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Their two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Their *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to rms.... Their *four*...no... *Amongst* their weapons.... Amongst their weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
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Yeah, reading error on my part. Sorry about that. Let's give Vista credit where it's due!
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But Macs cost too much, and Linux is too hard. And Microsoft only hits me because he loves me.
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