🚀 go-pugleaf

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.