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Re: 'Shocking Flaw' Leaves Microsoft Looking Like a Turkey


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:21:09 +1300

Florian Weimer wrote:

I'd guess the bug is not locale-specific, but depends on the fact that
the code considers domain1.co.nz to be equivalent to domain2.co.nz.

Hmmmm -- an example of code you _would_ wish to have been written by 
some of their outsourced (well, "off-shore") code-monkeys so as to 
avoid the possibility of such stupidity from the outset???


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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