Re: Another Scripting Hole In Microsoft IE Exposes Local Files

From: Dimitri Maziuk (dima@127.0.0.1)
Date: 01/07/02 

From: Dimitri Maziuk <dima@127.0.0.1>
Date: 6 Jan 2002 23:42:35 GMT

On Sun, 06 Jan 2002 22:39:55 GMT, Alun Jones wrote:
> In article <slrna3hdd7.500.dima@odyssey.bmrb.wisc.edu>, dmaziuk@bmrb.wisc.edu
> wrote:
>>On Sun, 06 Jan 2002 17:23:59 GMT, Alun Jones wrote:
>>> IE cannot do anything miraculous that couldn't also be done by any other
>>> application run under the same user context.
>>
>>True. Is that suposed to prove anything?
>
> You may have missed the start of this thread, but the assertion was being made
> that a flaw in IE was more damaging than a flaw in any other browser, because
> IE was "a part of the operating system".

I stand corrected. I didn't read the thread very carefully, indeed.

> A flaw in IE may be more damaging simply because it is more likely to hit more
> users, certainly, but the OP was suggesting that a user hit with a flaw in IE
> would naturally receive more damage than a user hit with a similar flaw in
> another browser.

Agreed.

....
> I am merely trying to say that
> there is no evidence, nor even implication, that a hole in IE is more
> damaging, of itself, than a similar hole in A.N.Other browser. Stop trying to
> score points at all expense, and argue the point at issue. Don't try to put
> words in my mouth, or argue something that I'm not disputing, in an attempt to
> make me look stupid.

Jeesus, man, the only scores around here are in score (aka kill) files.
I misread your argument and replied way off base. Mea culpa. I don't
give a flying chkdsk what you look like unless you're a young attractive
female. Sheesh.

> Texas Imperial Software

Any plans to switch to metric? (sorry, couldn't resist)

Dima 

-- 
Well, lusers are technically human.                            -- Red Drag Diva

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