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" Microsoft said the firewall issue is not a security vulnerability, but said the flaw could be used by an attacker.."

Anyone else see the contradiction in this statement? If it weren't a vulnerability an attacker could do nothing. End of story..
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli   Posted on: 09/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Gotta love it  Jeff Spicoli | 09/01/05
I don't klnow why...  Richard Flude | 09/01/05
yup  Jeff Spicoli | 09/01/05
No one should dismiss anything out right  george_ou | 09/01/05
Actually I did  Richard Flude | 09/01/05
If you stop and think about it...  Real World | 09/02/05
Jesus George  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
stoner dude?  thornec@... | 09/02/05
We all know..  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
Too phunny Jeff  btljooz | 09/03/05
Maybe he thought you mean "Buds"  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/03/05
Firewall Issue  X Marks The Spot | 09/01/05
Wait a damn minute  Squawkbox | 09/01/05
You have to be exploited first  george_ou | 09/01/05
A problem of "intrusion detection", then.  Zogg | 09/02/05
To be really sure you are protected,  bjbrock | 09/02/05
But..  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
That's right  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
RE: That's right  btljooz | 09/03/05
The reason MS considers it NOT a flaw  bjbrock | 09/02/05
Yeah  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
Good Point  btljooz | 09/03/05
Listening Ports?  Andromedat6 | 09/01/05
The average user hasn't a clue  bjbrock | 09/02/05
And..  Jeff Spicoli | 09/02/05
just like linux  ITsucks | 09/02/05
Better Firewalls!  Andromedat6 | 09/01/05
Somtin' nasty done come in tru da Windows (again)  whisperycat | 09/02/05
Self-contradiction  Real World | 09/02/05
Microsoft do not condone the use of Regedit  whisperycat | 09/02/05
And how is that different from  Real World | 09/02/05
Corruption of a conf file affects one  bjbrock | 09/02/05
The biggest difference is  Michael Kelly | 09/02/05
I agree in large part  Real World | 09/02/05
wow long post  thornec@... | 09/02/05
Has Mike Cox talked to his rep on this issue?  BXLE | 09/02/05
Who cares?  dstinson_z | 09/02/05
Humor?  cubmiester | 09/02/05
That's a first  Real World | 09/02/05
Wow, gotta give props to Mike.  dstinson_z | 09/02/05
Clue: it's called "satire". (NT)  Zogg | 09/02/05
They are at lunch  sokushi jonez | 09/02/05
sokushi - a 10.0!!  ~doolittle~ | 09/02/05
Boorrrrriiiiinnnngggg  CntrySqr | 09/02/05
It's not borring.  toadlife | 09/02/05
Answer the interesting posts and ignore the Trolls.  Zogg | 09/02/05
everyone needs to scan externally  ~doolittle~ | 09/02/05
nope  toadlife | 09/02/05

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