-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/2013 06:43 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > First: thanks for the followup/information/analysis. Most > helpful.
To follow up on what I'd mentioned as possible further things to test, yes it does follow redirects (but sadly does not follow looped redirects), and yes it follows things that the skype client has determined are links (generally anything that starts with www..., not just http...). Interestingly, Firefox, on hitting my redirect-loop, bounced back and forth for a bit before giving up, the MS scan only hit the URLs once. Is this because it's coded to detect loops, or is it only scanning links once per some timeframe? > Second: [great walk-through of why this summary below is accurate snipped] > > Bottom line: either Microsoft is telling the truth, in which case > this was a hopelessly inept and ridiculously ineffective "malware > scanning" exercise, or they're lying and just threw this fabricated > story against the wall to see if it would stick. My money's on the > latter: I think they're evil, not stupid. I agree -- not sure I'd go straight to "evil," but I find it too far of a stretch for the current explanation to hold. > ---rsk > Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRmnVNAAoJEKmYlZ/5Jr+LVQEP/3gC7SYXvRfT68Q2xLXqM7SH ESilV8WUgi9dGmcGZqbjTNs20ZIUOGUeejnVCknIxIwYhs8rt7PV2E42g7YK0PAN SI860P+HCkdDH6w2VefsvmA3yjM+baaNz8K/J0kf3ON30VptBmcmDyFDwLQ9M41L mAr/P9quKEzt2RdShCZ59ctdxsQkFgc/Zy8Fmaxgd5IrFzgR2DdtJkU3lSHU+ttn pRQ54LAPZJwKYa3UJMa1fDn4HoQ9SC0+qgYSapwG5JyBwvSjq5bwIGCwN1yg1/BC QiaWnk6EfULHtPibT5iy8sQmiqvldnrYtHHTOCa/gUSTXZiNJVq5/w9VCiuGb1IK AgIAtBRAjl0QDUHgE4r0I7Q6DbfHX6nqQEvCvyOGscyHfHYT6Qfq6gXMgeuYY0eR IUVwJFtwQwnANhfQogc3NQTMFa7vU9whB52rzlvzF9bx2BgI528Eh3cRYyFqgCKg RES+dyoIeJhoaTi9NpcJvmZBEY/vDsndLpabcy21TaXXk0Xv+2uion1rSq3PXXtV tLjojrFqW0lnFbcTWrvCs4Aoxl22ynEFrycQwR+O4RhEk8Ph+ynZhB+Gddx2YSvx 0+VSeg/tAKrd5ep4a85ptkO3XcQSPTDGsu4sZ/qsvkhCBJcVwZuMEzKSjMt/pHEr 7THovA4a+Pf60tYp7GTZ =knHg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
