🚀 go-pugleaf

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.  


adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) wrote:

>sp@questor.org wrote:
>: Motorola Canada Ltd. has issued a stern warning to its employees to stop
>: testing Microsoft Corp's. new software system Windows 95...
>:    At the heart of the concern is the registration wizard, a high-tech gadget
>: included with each test copy of Windows 95...

>I used the wizard once. It asked for permission and lets the user bail-out
>and register nothing. It is optional. It is not required, there is a
>postcard for conventional reqistration also. 

>I'll attempt to preempt a long and useless thread:

>    MS haters will say this is further evidence of the Great MS World
>    Domination Campaign.

>    Some who have not used the wizard will ask what corrective action
>    they should perform to ensure their security.

>    Other who have used the wizard will say it is not required, do not
>    use it if you are concerned.

>Tony

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>Tony Tribelli
>adtribelli@acm.org

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