[OT] MS Security Flaw
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30469
interpreted = N
texte = Microsoft placed security flaw in softwareNEW YORK - Microsoft engineers included a secret password in Internet software that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Web sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security experts discovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of software that contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although there have been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called ''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with FrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites. Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mail customers to delete the file.http://www.usatoday.com/news/digest/nd1.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Microsoft placed security flaw in softwareNEW YORK - Microsoft engineers included a secret password in Internet software that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Web sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security experts discovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of software that contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although there have been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called ''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with FrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites. Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mail customers to delete the file.http://www.usatoday.com/news/digest/nd1.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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