It was IE4 on Win95 The user is superuser (there is no other kind)
The browser is the shell. Hilarity did NOT ensue (apologies to Tucker Max). >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Jeff Kell >Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:33 PM >To: John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP >Cc: funsec >Subject: Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? > >John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP wrote: >> They've done so much to help online crime, why quit while they are >behind. >> >> On 2/6/09, Jim Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874151.stm >>> >>> Microsoft appears to now be encouraging users to run code directly >from >>> webpages to fix PC problems. > >That horse left the barn years ago when Microsoft decided to use >webpages and browser to UPDATE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM. > >Or was it when they decided to let everyone be superuser on the network? > >Gee, I can't decide... > >Jeff > >_______________________________________________ >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
