Re: Microsoft Security

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From: David Mohring
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00

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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:14:32 +1200, Adam Warner <Adam.Warner@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
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>I'd be interested in hearing from MS why their content got special
>privileges in the first place!
>
It is the same attitude that got Microsoft in so mush hot water over the
US DOJ monopoly case.   

QUOTING the said page
>Is this a flaw in the ActiveX technology? 
>
>No. This vulnerability has nothing to do with the ActiveX technology per se. 
>It results because of the way one particular ActiveX control was implemented. 
UNQUOTE
		     
Isn't this similar to what the Ford motor company said about the gasoline tank
of the Ford Pinto.

David Mohring - New Dialog Window:Trust Microsoft? [A]lways [Y]es [N]o ne[V]er

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