At 01:11 PM 7/12/01, you wrote:
>: > With a bit of horror, I learned that Microsoft's developers have no
>: > understanding of security.
>:
>: And this is news HOW?
>:
>: Andy
>
>Well, let's see...if Windows XP is released in its current form with full
>raw sockets, IP spoofing will be able to be done by any relatively bright 13
>year old with an understanding of Windows - DoS attacks will become
>routine - most websites will experience one - and what about the
>possibilities for online fraud? A local police force just broke up an
>online scam where goods offered for sale on eBay were never delivered but
>the money orders sent to pay for them were cashed - and most of the aliased
>email addresses for the scam were accessed from a computer at a local high
>school. If I were a law enforcement officer, I'd be very scared about
>this...
>
>Marc
It's called "a ready-made market for the next version" . . .
-- Ronn! :)
