heh heh heh.... I saw this yesterday morning. There was a nice
website demonstrating the hole (dubbed "Brown Orafice"), and
several people were nice enough to allow there systems to be
compromised by it. But I'm sure the site administrator is
completely trustworthy ;-)
Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> FYI to anyone who hasn't seen this yet ...
>
> Quoted from today's issue of NewsScan (http://www.newsscan.com):
>
> > SECURITY HOLE IN NETSCAPE
> >
> > Because of a security hole in the Netscape browser, about a thousand
> > computers have been infected in a way that would allow a network vandal to
> > see, run, and delete files on the victim's computer. Netscape is working
> > rapidly to solve the problem, but network security experts are suggesting
> > that, until the solution is found, Netscape users should disable the Java
> > programming languages in their browsers.
>
> (Actually, I really think this is incorrect. It should read, "Network
> security experts are suggesting that Netscape users should disable Java,
> period". (-: )
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