actually, some people have been quite successful. Not me of course, I
just like to loudly put those ideas in other people's minds for a rainy
day when office crashed for the nine millionth time and they just can't take
it any more.
tack
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Erik Curiel wrote:
>
> Yah, that's "all" you have to do---I'm sure you and every other hacker in
> the world has been trying to do it for years (with, I'm also sure, some
> successes most carefully concealed by MS from the public), which makes me
> sure that MS probably has one of the strongest security systems in place
> known to mankind.
>
> But don't you just love a challenge?
>
> E
>
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Daniel Trudell wrote:
>
> > So all I have to do is hack into 'softies network and insert portsite
> > URL's or virii into their smartlinks DB to smear their reputation?
> >
> > That sounds much more efficient than ILOVEYOU, while at the same time,
> > pissing off the web application developers (virtual URL MITM or even
> > replaced?) they depend on to get .net off the ground.
> >
> > Wheeeeee!
> >
> > tack
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Lorin Kobashigawa wrote:
> >
> > > As if IE wasn't irritating enough. Now it will automatically generate
> > > links in your web pages, whether the site maintainer wants it to link or
> > > not... story below.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From the Register:
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19557.html
> > >
> > > --
> > > Microsoft will be able to subvert the content of any Web page with Smart
> > > Tags, which will act much like hyperlinks to Web content which Redmond
> > > either recommends, or is paid to recommend, if the company integrates the
> > > technology with its Windows-XP browser, as predicted in an article from
> > > Thursday's Wall Street Journal.
> > >
> > > Smart Tags are already included in Office-XP, enabling users to implant a
> > > hyperlink-esque reference into data files using XML (Extensible Markup
> > > Language), and may be rather handy at that; but integrating them into the
> > > XP version of Internet Explorer opens up an entire new realm of on-line
> > > commercial perversions.
> > >
> > > Assuming the Journal's prediction holds true, we can imagine, for example,
> > > that if this page were being viewed with a Smart-Tag-enabled browser, our
> > > reference to XML above could be highlighted automatically, inviting
> > > readers to pop over to Microsoft's own PR output, cheerfully burbling
> > > about its miraculous benefits.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, we might prefer to refer our readers to a Web page
> > > denouncing XML; but whether we would or not, it ought to be our own
> > > editorial judgment which determines what links will and won't appear on
> > > our pages.
> > >
> > > Furthermore, a reference, say, to a certain popular, white crystalline
> > > nose-rotting powder might inspire a Smart-Tag link to an advertisement for
> > > a certain carbonated water, sugar and caramel-color tooth-rotting drink
> > > known by the same name.
> > >
> > > We're not sure we like the idea of generating copy that can be
> > > automatically converted into advertising for which we're not getting paid.
> > > And we don't imagine our venerable advertisers are going to be especially
> > > thrilled about it either.
> > >
> > > The Smart Tag browser feature will be turned off by default in the XP
> > > final release, and MS will provide a meta tag that site owners can use to
> > > prevent Smart Tags from appearing on their sites, the Journal says.
> > >
> > > And it will of course be possible for MS' competitors to create their own
> > > Smart Tags, but we wonder what that really means when the vast majority of
> > > surfers are going to be taken for a ride around the Web on Microsoft's
> > > virtual conveyances.
> > >
> > > In all, this sounds like a grotesquely tasteless bit of consumerist
> > > schlock of the sort MS just adores; and we haven't begun to contemplate
> > > the security implications of Smart Tags in combination with
> > > maliciously-crafted Web pages.
> > >
> > > But we know our beloved readers will rise to the challenge and propose a
> > > plethora of devious mis-uses for Redmond's most recent on-line marketing
> > > toy. .
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > -Lkb
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
--
"My Penguin style Kung-Fu will beat your Redmond style"
