[Am-info] ZDNet: Story: Why security flaws need to come out into the open

[Fred A. Miller]

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"Last week Microsoft issued a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer, cal=
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MS02-066. Microsoft says three of the six vulnerabilities fixed by the pa=
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involve a concept known as cross-domain security--or the process of allow=
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certain sites to access your computer, while forbidding others to do the=20
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However, security research firm GreyMagic Software issued a press release=
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Monday stating that Microsoft made several inaccurate statements in its=20
latest security advisory--first by minimizing the potential risks of=20
cross-domain security, then by implying that the current security patch f=
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more than it does."

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2898649,00.html

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