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17th February 2002 Archive

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  • MS bug busting tool is buggy

    Trusted Computing, anyone?

    A design flaw in security tool which comes with Microsoft's development could explain why itss applications continue to be subject to buffer overflow attacks. Executable code built by using Microsoft's Visual C++.NET and Visual C++ version 7 compiler is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack, software risk management firm …

    Business 17 Feb 2002, 21:45

  • Tell Him to Marry Me

    Update Monday 9.15AM GMT Internet blackmail at its finest?

    . A reader from Australia tells us this home page was defaced in the wee hours of the morning UK time. The site is now dead. Well done, we don't think. Some home pages are destined for greatness. This example, from Birmingham, England, Tell Him to Marry Me was published for the first time on Valentine's Day, and the link …

    Bootnotes 17 Feb 2002, 22:12

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