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en102
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Valencia, CA | Re: Wiggle Does anyone remember back in the Windows NT4 days when a hacker exposed the TCP buffer issues in Windows which caused a BSOD, and spawned the nice app known as 'WinNuke'? Microsoft dismissed this originally. | |
|  RayW
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| Re: Wiggle said by en102  :Does anyone remember back in the Windows NT4 days when a hacker exposed the TCP buffer issues in Windows which caused a BSOD, and spawned the nice app known as 'WinNuke'? Microsoft dismissed this originally. Or even earlier, AT&T telling the US gov that the "Blue Box" was impossible?
We can come up with all sorts of 'head in the sand' stories down through history, all in the name of money, power, or loss of face.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
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Valencia, CA
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| Re: Wiggle Just because investigating these holes are against TOS, doesn't mean they don't exist. Some are big enough to drive a truck through, and if companies aren't aware, less 'benign' hacking in the form of awareness can cause issues with much more impact. | |
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