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caf@agora.rdrop.com (Chuck Forsberg) writes:

>In article <400gtc$lv9@parsifal.nando.net>,
>Aron S. Spencer  <aspencer@nando.net> wrote:
>>In article <400emb$bnj@data.interserv.net> William Rini,
>>billman@centcon.com writes:
>>>I just read an article in Inter@ctive Week that tested the
>>>registration wizard in Win95.  The hooked up the system to intercept
>>>the message and read what was being sent.  Guess What?  It was the
>>>same info that the registration asked if it was ok to send.
>>
>>>You would think that if a couple of reporters working for a magazine
>>>could figure out how to test the registration wizard, someone at
>>>Motorola might be able to figure it out.  
>>
>>   The people defending the Registration Wizard appear to have no concept
>>of corporate security. Functionally, Microsoft has built a back door in
>>to their operating system. The wizard may only send what you say is OK,
>>but it has the capability of doing much more. Whether Microsoft does it,

>Same could be said for every pppd and every internet connectivity package.
>Course it won't make much difference if Art Bell's comet (1995 o1) wipes us
>out in a few years.

Except in the case where the source code for these packages is
freely available, of course :-)

Moral: Don't trust any network software unless you have the 
source for it.

-- 
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Email: raoul@ind.tansu.com.au -  Left-Wing page @    = reproach them of their
http://triode.apana.org.au:8080/~raoul/Welcome.html  = blindness." - Milton