Re: RE: Unchecked buffer in mstask.dll

[Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org>]

> Hm... who really knows why MS does a lot of the things they do? I'd
> guess that the reason it works is more because of they way Windows
> handles executables or something... considering that .pifs aren't
> commonly seen these days, and the fact that most people wouldn't think
> to switch the extension. Then again... people can be marvelously
> stupid. Don't give the end user any credit of intelligence, and you'll
> probably end up about right.

Well, the whole idea of relying on part of a file's name to determine
how it is opened is just plain stupid, IMHO.  If I took the name plate
off of a ford, and stuck it on my nissan, would my mechanic put ford
parts into it when I took it in for repair?

(Yeah, I know, I used the tired-old automobile analogy, but I am too
tired right now to come up with something better.)

tim

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