Feb 12
Microsoft: Oops! We Did It Again
2004 at 05.53 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Are you using Windows then you better fire up Windows update because you guessed it: there's another security leak. The flaw is no small one because it was discovered last year in July and it took Microsoft until Tuesday to release a patch. It affected the root of Windows operating system.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said a few weeks back in London that users of obscure systems like MacOS X and Linux have to be careful in the future. YEAH right! More details in this Wired article."This is one of the most serious Microsoft vulnerabilities ever released," said Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security of Aliso Viejo, California, which discovered the new Windows flaws. "The breadth of systems affected is probably the largest ever. This is something that will let you get into Internet servers, internal networks, pretty much any system."
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Three typo’s Veerle. Wat ben ik toch een pilaarbijter :-)
guessed it:
patch
be careful
I guess Mac-users must be laughing now. I use windows cause it’s a nasty habit. Like smoking… Although I don’t smoke.
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Thanks, typed this one too fast. I stand corrected ;-) I can’t speak for other Mac users but I’m not laughing. The only funny part is that Bill Gates took a jar at us in London. He should think twice before saying things like that they always come back to haunt you ;-)
I feel his pain because they’ll need to do one hell of job to make Windows secure in Longhorn. The only thing that could accomplish that is building the system again from the ground up and that will be huge task and very time consuming.
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Well I think it’s the “jar” which got us, mac-users laughing but then Jobs is no saint either. Got to stop before this turns out to yet another windows vs mac frenzy ;-)
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Hemant: It’s certainly not my intention to get a Mac - Windows frenzy going here. I use a PC too but prefer Mac ;-) I know that Steve Jobs is no angel but I am also sure that he thinks twice before saying anything that heavy.
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Sorry Veerle I wanted to say “I need to stop before...” but ended up sounding rude with “Got to stop” :-)
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You weren’t rude, at leat that’s not what it sounded like to me. It was my intention to inform people to update their software.