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By: Doubts over Vista security claims » Computer internet security

Doubts over Vista security claims » Computer internet security — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:14:23 +0000

[...] used was badly flawed. A bug in Firefox (not to mention emacs), counts as a flaw for Linux, while IE bugs get ignored on Vista’s chart. Then we see that vulnerabilities aren’t vulnerabilities [...]

By: Slashdot | Vista Security Claims Debunked

Slashdot | Vista Security Claims Debunked — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:44:15 +0000

[...] IE bugs [...]

By: Privacy Digest | News that can impact your privacy.

Privacy Digest | News that can impact your privacy. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

isn’t a good way to establish the security of an OS. As an analysis of Microsoft’s claims on Full Disclosure shows, we see that the methodology used was badly flawed. A bug in Firefox (not to mention emacs), counts as a flaw for Linux, whileIE bugsget ignored on Vista’s chart. Then we see that vulnerabilities aren’t vulnerabilities when they’re security-challenged features such as Vista’s Teredo. Also, there’s far too little consideration given to severity, given that it stoops to counting even

By: Kaizenlog

Kaizenlog — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

short, the original Microsoft analysis was good PR and poor research.” Discuss this story at: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/28/235259 Links: 0. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jun/0528.html 1.http://www.pctipsbox.com/ie-7-vista-bug-reports-have-ms-digging/2. http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/6C00O2KHFK.html +—————————–—————————————+ | Supercomputer On-a-Chip Prototype Unveiled |

By: Win Vista

Win Vista — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

“Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista… The flaws could let attackers get their hands on sensitive user information…”http://www.pctipsbox.com/ie-7-vista-bug-reports-have-ms-digging/Like Vista itself, IE 7 is hounding users with nagging messages. Says Microsoft Watch: “Overnight, I posted about Internet Explorer 7, for which I have seen a large number of unhappy Microsoft Watch comments… Security is part of the problem, whether