[OT] MS Security Flaw
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texte = Microsoft placed security flaw in softwareNEW YORK - Microsoft engineers included a secret password in Internetsoftware that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Websites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security expertsdiscovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of softwarethat contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although therehave been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software withFrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites.Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mailcustomers 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 Internetsoftware that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Websites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security expertsdiscovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of softwarethat contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although therehave been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software withFrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites.Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mailcustomers 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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