Steve Gibson is a retard. Actually, Steve Gibson is less than a retard. What kind of so called expert reccomends a third party patch?
Oh wait.. the same expert that bitched about a fantasy sockets issue.... On 1/4/06, Mario Contestabile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But come on..Steve Gibson's latest "Security Now" podcast claims he has > 'looked it over, and it looks good' ... > > Mario Contestabile > Developer , RadialPoint > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/e/fps/3704298/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Shostack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 3, 2006 5:37 PM > To: Gadi Evron > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; FunSec > [List] > Subject: Re: WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 10:28:40AM +0200, Gadi Evron wrote: > | The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows. > | So far no problems have been observed by anyone using this patch. You > > This is incorrect. Michael Hennessy has reported problems on the > patch-management mailing list: > > > I took the SANS advice and de-registered the dll, and also installed > > Ilfak Guilfanov's "temporary patch" on 1 win2k machine and 6 XP > > machines today. > > > > All fine except for one of the XP machines - wouldn't run IE without > > gpf'ing until I uninstalled the patch - but leaving the dll > > de-registered didn't seem to cause any grief anywhere, so far. > > > > FWIW, the iexplore crashes left this in the event log: > > > > Event ID 4097, source : drwatson The application, C:\Program > > Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe, generated an application error > > The error occurred on 01/02/2006 @ 14:49:49.709 The exception > > generated was c0000005 at address 0068E3BA (<nosymbols>) > > > > I suspect that the patch conflicts with an application that is > > specific to this machine. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=patchmanagement&m=113624877814460&w=2 > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
