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Salon.com Technology | Microsoft admits Internet Passport was vulnerable
by Mike the Usurper at 5:12 pm EDT, May 8, 2003

And now for all you techies...

] by typing a specific Web address that included the phrase
] "emailpwdreset," he could seize any person's Passport
] account and change the password associated with it.

And Bill Gates wonders why people don't trust Microsoft. Might it be that there are gaping holes in every system to come out of Redmond? I really want my financial and personal information in .net now!


 
RE: Salon.com Technology | Microsoft admits Internet Passport was vulnerable
by flynn23 at 2:38 am EDT, May 9, 2003

Mike the Usurper wrote:
] And now for all you techies...
]
] ] by typing a specific Web address that included the phrase
] ] "emailpwdreset," he could seize any person's Passport
] ] account and change the password associated with it.
]
] And Bill Gates wonders why people don't trust Microsoft.
] Might it be that there are gaping holes in every system to
] come out of Redmond? I really want my financial and personal
] information in .net now!

Jesus H. Christ man... how can you have such a ridiculous flaw in the system? Did they code in PERL back in 1996 or something?


Salon.com Technology | Microsoft admits Internet Passport was vulnerable
by Elonka at 9:01 pm EDT, May 8, 2003

] by typing a specific Web address that included the phrase
] "emailpwdreset," he could seize any person's Passport
] account and change the password associated with it.


 
 
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