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Alias wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hkn0h1$2lo$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:hkmd0p$it9$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8499859.stm
>>>>>
>>>>> It's about time. Gosh, it only took them seventeen years.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5307&tag=trunk;content
>>>> For an attack to be successful, the attacker must have valid logon
>>>> credentials.
>>>> The flaw does not affect Windows operating systems for x64-based and
>>>> Itanium-based computers, Microsoft said.
>>>>
>>>> It seems you always make things seem way worse than they actually are
>>>> or maybe you don't read so well.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just posted the article. Take it up with them if you disagree.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm...Your subject line != the title of the article.
>> Your subject line is crafted to make a statement that you can't believe
>> an issue could be around for 17 years.
>> Also note that the BBC article calls it a bug, which it is in reality,
>> since you have to have valid logon creds to even get it working.
>>
>
> Yeah, you just need one of those millions of Windows boxes that don't
> have an Administrator password or, if they do, it's 12345 or abcdef.
> Gosh, it's so difficult to get "logon creds" with Windows.
>
Bet you can't do a remote Admin logon on my Windows.
Lets say $14,000.
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> Andrew wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hkn0h1$2lo$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:hkmd0p$it9$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8499859.stm
>>>>>
>>>>> It's about time. Gosh, it only took them seventeen years.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5307&tag=trunk;content
>>>> For an attack to be successful, the attacker must have valid logon
>>>> credentials.
>>>> The flaw does not affect Windows operating systems for x64-based and
>>>> Itanium-based computers, Microsoft said.
>>>>
>>>> It seems you always make things seem way worse than they actually are
>>>> or maybe you don't read so well.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just posted the article. Take it up with them if you disagree.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm...Your subject line != the title of the article.
>> Your subject line is crafted to make a statement that you can't believe
>> an issue could be around for 17 years.
>> Also note that the BBC article calls it a bug, which it is in reality,
>> since you have to have valid logon creds to even get it working.
>>
>
> Yeah, you just need one of those millions of Windows boxes that don't
> have an Administrator password or, if they do, it's 12345 or abcdef.
> Gosh, it's so difficult to get "logon creds" with Windows.
>
Bet you can't do a remote Admin logon on my Windows.
Lets say $14,000.
--
Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.