[CS-FSLUG] OT: Oh......this is rich!

["國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)"]

Oh well.....It just goes to show that applying MS patches is as good as
not applying any.

Fred A. Miller wrote:

>Failed fixes haunt credibility of Trustworthy Computing 
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> A nearly eight-year-old vulnerability has resurfaced in Windows XP (including 
>SP2) and Windows Server 2003 long after Microsoft originally fixed the 
>problem, reports TruSecure's Russ Cooper. The vulnerability, according to 
>Cooper, leaves Microsoft's desktop and server operating systems open to a 
>denial-of-service exploit known as a "Land attack" that can crash a system. 
>Cooper's report isn't the only evidence that something could be amiss in the 
>way Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative is dealing with known 
>vulnerabilities. The company this week acknowledged that a security patch 
>issued in January for Windows 98 and ME may still be leaving customers' 
>computers open to attack. David Berlind has more details.
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>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1222&tag=nl.e539
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