Posted by Andy Dingley on 09/13/06 13:48

TC wrote:

> I haven't tested that case myself, but, I'm absolutely confident that
> MS know what they are doing with this,

Do you have _any_ evidence for any previous outbreak of Clue, as
regards M$oft's web tools?

> In summary, you shouldn't assume that the MS folks who desiged this
> feature, are total idiots,

I'd settle for incompetent and unfit to be employed designing
security-critical components intended for use on public networks.

M$oft's track record here is appalling. Their recent hacks are a
panicked response to something they've no real control of, or plan for
improving. Their products are unfit for purpose, in a public network
situation full of evildoers.

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