Re: A security hole fixed via XP sp1 (allows deletion of files)
From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 09/14/02
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From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:39:06 -0700
I do not wish to enter a fray here, but for the sake of those
only reading the thread, and not checking out the link given
http://microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/HCP1.asp
this flaw, and related flaws which MS itself found,
are fixed with Service Pack 1
-- Roger Abell MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA, MCSE both Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Loren" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:eh$QJc4WCHA.3604@tkmsftngp08... > Since MS seems to have a policy of not responding to any post regarding this > problem, I'll point you to a recently posted technet page that offers an > explanation of their inaction/position. > > There are a number of questionable statements, but you judge for yourself. > For the record, an MS employee recently posted here claiming that there are > currently 30 million Windows Xp installations. > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/Technet/security/ > topics/HCP1.asp > > -Loren > > "Mark Guzowski" <Guzowski_Mark@MSN.baz> wrote in message > news:Oyb2tJ1WCHA.2324@tkmsftngp12... > > People may already know about this...just to be on the safe side, here it > is again.... > > > > Check out http://24.78.2.184/helpcenter.htm > > > > With some software security holes there's an argument that goes "It's so > bad that no one should be told." Personally I don't buy > > into that logic - word inevitably always get out to all but the right > people, and as such any undiscovered exploits remain unknown > > to all but the wrong element, until the bug is exposed to the full light > of day. > > > > ----- > > > > Mark Guzowski > > Guzowski_Mark@MSN.com > > eZine/Homepage: http://groups.msn.com/magWorks > > > > A few of the words I live by: "Live life day to day, on your own terms > (not someone else's). Set your own moral compass, let it > > not be set for you. Define your own self worth, let it not be defined for > you. Your creativity (i.e., intellectual property) is > > yours to do with as you please; in absence of an explicit agreement to the > contrary (signed by you) it is not for others to do with > > as they please." > > > > About the email content: This email reflects my opinions. If the content > offends, and you are a member of law enforcement (e.g., > > local police, fbi, nsa, or rcmp), first ask yourself if you have a legal > wiretap. If not, stop reading the email Ass. Otherwise, > > chill out - they're only my opinions after all. > > > > > > > > > > > >
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