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Tuesday, August 13, 2002

IE/Konqueror SSL Exploit -- 10:05 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

A security flaw was found in Internet Explorer's SSL. It all has to do with the way that it handles security certificates. The same bug was reported in KDE's Konqueror browser. Basically, anyone with a VeriSign certificate can forge a certificate for anybody they want. While Microsoft downplays the danger, the Konqueror team got a fix into CVS within 95 minutes of the bug being reported. Thanks to several sources for both links.

The Master comments: Ahhh, but that nasty evil open source will cause more security nightmares and all kinds of problems . . . according to M$, who, of course, downplays the issue as not important. I can't tell ya how much I just LOVE Microsoft and their wonderous Marketing Department. Will you people just quit covering your a$$es all the time and FIX THE BLOODY PROBLEMS?!?!? Thank you.

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