Re: So Called Holes Being Discovered In Internet Explorer?????

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From: sco... Scott
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <5g1850$h...@wombat.cs.monash.edu.au>,
bme...@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Bernd Meyer) wrote:

>If they _wanted_ to create a backdoor which only they could use, then it
>would be of the kind "if a .LNK file with the name HMT56DS34.LNK gets selected,
>and the 32 bit CRC on that file is 24753, and it has the word 'qwertyuio'
>in a comment somewhere, _then_ give full priviliges to it without asking".
>
You mean like the little "trick" they used to scare people out of using any
DOS other than M$ when you try to start Windows 3.x? It was hidden but not
all that well.

>...which you just won't find...in your lifetime, unless you get inside
>information.
>
Now there's a loaded statement in reference to M$.

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From: sco...@nic.com (Scott)
Subject: Re: So Called Holes Being Discovered In Internet Explorer?????
Date: 1997/03/10
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