To: Salo
The possibilities are endless, and since both spoof issues appear to be unfixable, it must surely place a big question mark over Explorers viability as a browser.
Oh, puh-lease. This so-called "exploit" is hardly "devastating" or "unfixable". It doesn't work on Windows XP at all. Why not? Because Windows XP locates temporary files in "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp". A crafted HTML file with an tag cannot know what "" is; therefore, the executable cannot run and the attack will fail.
17 posted on
01/28/2004 1:49:42 PM PST by
Bush2000
To: Salo
Erg, let's try this again. The ActiveX control does not know the absolute path to "C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp" because it lacks knowledge of who the "[USER]" is.
18 posted on
01/28/2004 1:51:46 PM PST by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Oh, puh-lease. This so-called "exploit" is hardly "devastating" or "unfixable". I see you are loading your petard again.
Has your rear end healed from the last time you were hoist on it?
63 posted on
01/28/2004 6:43:04 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Bush2000
Bush, don't forget to factor
this in your TCO argument. Microsoft forgot to factor in the devastating cost of the viruses it always get hit with. $250 million so far, shared among Windows users.
"The largest cost will come from medium-to-small sized companies with 400 employees or less, said Andy Cummins, CEO of technology services firm U.S. Networks. "We think MyDoom will cost these companies $48,000 to $58,000 (each) to secure themselves from MyDoom,"
That, plus the fact that you usually need fewer admins for a Linux system and the actually non-existant sysadmin pay gap (source: Foote Partners, an independent IT salary research firm that doesn't do commissioned surveys), throws the TCO way towards Linux.
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