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DHS and M$ and more BS
H_TeXMeX_H:
Kind of a strange, twisted article I found on slashdot:
Terror Plot, NASA, DHS Patch Alert
Here's the part dealing with M$:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5789
--- Quote ---The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recommending that Windows Operating Systems users apply Microsoft security patch MS06-040 as quickly as possible. This security patch is designed to protect against a vulnerability that, if exploited, could enable an attacker to remotely take control of an affected system and install programs, view, change, or delete data, and create new accounts with full user rights.
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more from slashdot:
--- Quote ---[indent] This update is as important as it gets. There are vulnerabilities in every major MS program which allow remote code execution, which means that as soon as the exploit is discovered, it can take advantage of holes all over your system.
Affected programs and services:
[*] MS Server Services (TCP 139 and 445)
[*] DNS servers
[*] Internet Explorer
[*] Outlook Express
[*] Microsoft Management Console
[*] HTML Help
[*] Visual Basic
[*] Microsoft Office
[*] Windows kernel
[/list]
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What puzzles me is why the Dept. of Homeland Security would bother with this shit ? Don't they have more important things to do ?
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GenuineAdvantage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4782811.stm
I'd just like to know if I'm just not that smart but doesn't it seem like every windows security update is always about 'a malicious user taking control of your PC'? Isn't all of it just a matter of windows being designed to be exploited? Not just Homeyland Security but why would anyone bother with this? New exploits right after this security update just like before.
WMD:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---What puzzles me is why the Dept. of Homeland Security would bother with this shit ? Don't they have more important things to do ?
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Well, Windows is on 90-something percent of all computers. Maybe they want that to be the next "terrorist threat," after the whole airplanes thing goes out of style.
pofnlice:
--- Quote ---What puzzles me is why the Dept. of Homeland Security would bother with this shit ? Don't they have more important things to do ?
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Ummm...dept of homeland SECURITY
Knowing that almst ALL US Govt Computers have Windows as it's OS..Do you think National Security could possibly be a concern. Especially if the exploit takes full control of the computer?
worker201:
Despite all the hype, I'm pretty sure that someone can take remote control of your computer through a Windows flaw only if you get caught with your pants down, the outside temperature is over 75F, there's a sale at Target, and somebody who is really intent on personally fucking you over has been sitting in front of his computer hacking away for at least 42 hours straight. More than likely, even these conditions won't guarantee success.
Still, there is that tiny little window of opportunity that someone might think it is worthwhile to take, so best to cover your ass.
When Bill Maher was on Jay Leno the other night, he defended George Bush's endorsement of wiretaps by proclaiming that George Bush was an idiot who didn't know how to properly fight a war on terrorism. Instead of using the right weapons against the right enemies, he does things like, well, what he's done. Wiretaps on private innocent citizens are a shitty thing to do, but considering what George Bush's bag of tricks looks like, it's to be expected. I think the same thing is going on here. They aren't willing to do the right thing, but they are willing to take idiotic little countermeasures that seem like they would help a lot. In effect, freaking out about the latest overhyped Windows flaw is exactly what you would expect from Homeland Security.
I guess you'd have to hear Bill Maher's words yourself to see what I'm getting at. Well, whatever.
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