14 Holes Found!

[Xeen]

Amazing. Last week Microsoft announced that there exists 14 holes in a Windows component called SSL.

A patch has been released..but we all know how those turn out...

http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1154653

[ May 03, 2004: Message edited by: xeen ]

[jtpenrod]

quote:
Microsoft is urging customers to immediately install a recent software patch for Secure Socket Layer vulnerabilities in Windows because hackers are preparing to exploit the flaws.

Secure Socket Layer: Ironic choice of names there!    
Live Free or Die: Linux

If software can be free, why can't dolphins?

[Refalm]

quote:jtpenrod: Secure Socket Layer: Ironic choice of names there!  

Most Linux distributions use Secure Socket Layer too.

[WMD]

14 holes at once?  That's a damn lousy implementation of SSL.  Yuck.

[Refalm]

quote:WMD: 14 holes at once? That's a damn lousy implementation of SSL. Yuck.

Not to mention Microsoft has an IPSec implementation since Windows 2000. Way to fuck up an open standard.