Common enough that MS has a knowledgebase article on it.

Post #151,526 by Silverlock 4/17/04 6:49:55 AM Reply	Common enough that MS has a knowledgebase article on it. [link\|http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316530\|Here]. OT. I wonder why I never noticed till just now that MS also means Multiple Sclerosis? Makes sense though. A pc with MS does seem to have a progressive degenerative condition. ----------------------------------------- It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand. Mike Royko
Post #151,528 by folkert 4/17/04 7:57:41 AM Reply	That KB Article, (and other referenced KB articles in it) Tells me more than i want to know. Microsoft (in those KB articles) has just admitted that the OS they produce IS NON-secure (No, proper wording). non-secure to me means they have all the "appearance" of being secure and having everythinig in place to be secure... But it is all mock-up. Similar to the Shuttle Scenes in movies. The have all the OLD style displays and other various equipment from the 80s. Because that is what the public "expects". Today, the shuttle really has "glass" consoles. All displays are full color, information is displayed graphically, rendered real-time, it'd look too "futuristic" for the Movies ... would give the public the feeling "A Space Odyssey:2001" and HAL was all there. SHRUG I guess, M$, being a degenerative system seems about right. "I'm sorry Dave. I can't take you where you want to go today." is what it is all about. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. Set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Post #151,567 by dmarker 4/18/04 5:03:19 AM Reply	Many thanks - seems we each need a personal MS database :-) to help us deal with the myriad and plethora of fscked-up garbage they foist on us. Can now go back to hiding behind Zone Alarm. Also I really miss not having my Wi-Fi firewall (it is on a side lan until I get my new adsl link activated). What really pisses me off about such MS foibles is that as much as I try to investigate & keep on top of their security peculiarities, I am not able to do so. The help you have provided helps explain why orgs such as Iwethey are so valuable - we can all try to help each other. Part of my job as an architect is to advise on security matters (mostly the overall architecture) but as with most medium sized companies, am expected to be able to advise our network guys on trends etc:. Last Friday I attended a seminar by Enterasys on networks of the future. Very interesting stuff. Mainly to do with the marriage of IDS discovery with automatic network management & adjustmnt. Anyway - thanks Doug Marker
Post #151,991 by dmarker 4/20/04 6:13:51 PM 4/21/04 5:48:29 PM Reply	dialling out again - but this time due to mail server trying to contact home. Stopped that & the new dialling stopped. Doug M Edited by dmarker April 21, 2004, 05:48:29 PM EDT Expand All History

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