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Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award?
From: "Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:08:47 -0800
It was IE4 on Win95 The user is superuser (there is no other kind) The browser is the shell. Hilarity did NOT ensue (apologies to Tucker Max).
-----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Jeff Kell Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:33 PM To: John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP Cc: funsec Subject: Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP wrote:They've done so much to help online crime, why quit while they arebehind.On 2/6/09, Jim Murray <jim () digitaldaemons co uk> wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874151.stm Microsoft appears to now be encouraging users to run code directlyfromwebpages to fix PC problems.That horse left the barn years ago when Microsoft decided to use webpages and browser to UPDATE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM. Or was it when they decided to let everyone be superuser on the
network?
Gee, I can't decide... Jeff _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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Current thread:
- A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? Jim Murray (Feb 06)
- Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP (Feb 06)
- Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? Jeff Kell (Feb 06)
- Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? Tomas L. Byrnes (Feb 06)
- Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? Jeff Kell (Feb 06)
- Re: A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP (Feb 06)