Re: [OT] MS Security Flaw
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30476
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texte = > NEW YORK - Microsoft engineers included a secret password in Internet> software that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Web> sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security experts> discovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of software> that contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although there> have been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called> ''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with> FrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites.> Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mail> customers to delete the file.This sounds like a hoax. I do not use Frontpage extensions, but you neverknow.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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> NEW YORK - Microsoft engineers included a secret password in Internet> software that could be used to gain illegal access to thousands of Web> sites, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Two security experts> discovered the rogue computer code in a three-year-old piece of software> that contains the comment ''Netscape engineers are weenies!'' Although there> have been no reports of site access through the code, the file, called> ''dvwssr.dll,'' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with> FrontPage 98 extensions and is believed to be used by many Web sites.> Microsoft posted an advisory on its corporate site and plans to e-mail> customers to delete the file.This sounds like a hoax. I do not use Frontpage extensions, but you neverknow.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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