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FC: More Hotmail problems; why not to trust Web mail
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:22:33 -0400
[A comedy of errors. A roughly 12 hour lag from the time when the Hotmail backdoor was first reported to the time the servers were pulled for the first non-fix is hardly doing well by users. In fact, MS sent out a press release about the problem before actually fixing it. Hushmail, anyone? --Declan] http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/21490.html Hotmail Accounts Still Exposed by Declan McCullagh and by James Glave 8:05 a.m. 30.Aug.99.PDT No sooner was one catastrophic security flaw closed Monday -- one that exposed millions of Hotmail accounts to prying eyes -- when another one appeared. The net result: As of 2 p.m. PDT, Hotmail account holders remain in jeopardy of having their email messages read, as well as being impersonated in email. [...] http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21498.html Want Security? Forget Web Mail by Declan McCullagh 12:50 p.m. 30.Aug.99.PDT By now you've likely heard of Microsoft's devastating Hotmail security gaffe, which exposed the naked contents of millions of personal email accounts for the perusal of the world's voyeurs. Well, get ready for the disturbing verdict from security experts: These sorts of security holes -- gaping maws, really -- are inevitable. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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