Microsoft Product Flaws Make Net Dangerous

[Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>]

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980123S0007

> Microsoft Product Flaws Make Net Dangerous,
>                  Experts Say
>                  (01/23/98; 4:53 p.m. EST)
>                  By Douglas Hayward, TechWeb 
> 
>                  Flaws in the security of Microsoft's Internet products
>                  allow malicious hackers to steal users' private
>                  encryption keys and impersonate their victims, security
>                  experts said. 
> 
>                  The flaws are so serious that one expert advises users
>                  not to surf the Web until a fix is found. 
> 
>                  A security advisory note circulated this week by Peter
>                  Gutmann, a security expert in New Zealand, said that
>                  private encryption keys can easily be stolen from the
>                  hard disks of machines whose users are surfing the
>                  Web, thanks to flaws in several Microsoft products,
>                  including the Internet Explorer browser and the
>                  Internet Information Server package. 

.....

Giving out the source code for Netscape Navigator will strengthen the
security
of their browser, by speeding up the discovery cycles for flaws and
bugs.

The McSoft backdoor is a barn door that needs to be closed.

CAB

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