Re: Another Scripting Hole In Microsoft IE Exposes Local Files
From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)Date: 01/07/02
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From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones) Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:58:50 GMT
In article <a1b70d$tqc$1@news.tht.net>, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote:
>On 4 Jan 2002 18:47:24 GMT, Bernd Eckenfels, <usenet2001-12@lina.inka.de>
> wrote:
>
>> sure, but if i compromise opera, I do have the same rights to
>> do malicious stuff like i would had, if i compromise IE. Same
>> is true for netscape.
>
> When NIMDA was running rampant, it infected many victims *WHO MERELY
>VIEWED AN INFECTED WEBPAGE*. How many such problems has Netscape had ?
Again, the discussion is not concerning past compromises, but the ability of a
future compromise in either browser to do the same thing. Assuming that your
browser gets compromised, in other words, it doesn't matter which browser you
have. That argument is not negated by saying "but IE has had more compromises
in the past". We all _know_ that IE has had more compromises. The point
being addressed is that an IE compromise is no more destructive to an IE user
than a Netscape compromise is to a Netscape user.
Alun.
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