Hello Goncalo, Sunday, February 27, 2005, 10:51:37 AM, you wrote:
> In reply to <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I disagree. It's vulnerable because MS was unable to anticipate the > misuse of the technology they were providing. Now they made it more > secure (not perfectly secure) without cutting down the functionality > that people had. ---- snipped---- > Power comes at a cost. It's not acceptable to have limits because some > people just don't know any better. The car makers don't put speed > limits in their cars because they might be bought by some lame driver > that may kill himself. LG>> Now granted. IE made their primary mistake because everything was LG>> "on" by default. But my point is that Microsoft gave the users LG>> what they wanted without ever trying to tell them why it was LG>> risky. The internet used to be a wonderful place, now you have to LG>> check, double-check and triple check just about everything you do. LG>> Popups were a great idea at first. A nice way to display LG>> information without disrupting the flow of the visitors browsing LG>> of their main site. Now we have a whole box of bandaids to prevent LG>> popups. > MS didn't realize how their technology could be misused... ---- snipped ---- Firstly, speed limits in cars is a weak argument. People know their cars can go faster, they don't often know where security exploits are in any operating system. And, your retort about Microsoft not knowing how their technology could be misused is also fairly weak. When MS tied the browser to the operating system (Windows), it was a reaction to their marketing goals of tying the personal computer to the web--strictly networking. The reasons why their technology can be misused is that the OS and IE are joined to such a degree that MS, in a court deposition, said they couldn't be separated without losing the OS integrity. This, then is the rub. But then you could say if the browsers gain popularity, then they too will be exploited. Yes, if they do it's because of the holes in the OS... poor coding to rush a product to market. That Bill came out a year or so back and said he is making security a priority begs the question, "why now?" --why not years ago? And to bring this back to on-topic... designing a HTML interface to TB! means making certain the doors between the client and os are locked securely and then give the key to the user. Dennis -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Dennis Hays / HaysDesign http://www.haysdesign.com Sent on Sunday, February 27, 2005 at 11:26 AM USA Eastern -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. ICQ: 200045507 / AIM: edennishays yahoo: dennishays / Jabber: dennishays ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.9.1 Deep Alpha | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
