Re: Windows 98 ASN.1 Vulnerability?

From: SFB (SFB_at_chello.nl)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:14:43 +0100

"Greg Kujawa" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:12a4b01c3f71a$7f046270$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Well I just got e-mailed the Windows 98 SE version of the
> hotfix. And the tech is putting in a change request to
> update the security bulletin to reflect this. So
> apparently I'm not having bad dreams after all. Maybe I'm
> intelligent enough to think for myself and not blindly
> trust a bulletin. After making the mistake of installing
> Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (not 6a) which totally broke
> TCP/IP on my production servers I have learned to look
> beneath the surface...

 The Hotfix for what? Stay paranoid if you want to but don't start to lie
about things.
You are refering to some forum from security focus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/353655/2004-02-16/0
I cannot make anything out of this and since I am not with MS I find myself
independent enough to judge.
It is Bogus.

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