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Subject: OT/Re: Clarification and WARNING to all Windows users!

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 09:23:44 08/13/03

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On August 13, 2003 at 08:42:45, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On August 13, 2003 at 00:40:28, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2003 at 00:29:42, Anthony Boynes wrote:
>>
>>>On August 12, 2003 at 18:12:40, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't remember any such grave security problem in the history of Windows...
>>>>
>>>
>>>This is rather mild when compared to some previous Windows security problems.
>>
>>There were many serious security problems in the past, but none were exploited
>>in such a brutal way by a widespread virus...
>
>
>Windows is the most unsecure, unstable operating system you can buy.  This is
>not a big secret.  The news has been out for years.  People are without excuse.
>
I don't think an RPC buffer overflow is such a great example to be used as an
argument against Windows - RPC has been one of the most serious security
problems in Unix world for years.



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