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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:26:59 -0000
From: "David Litchfield" <davidl@...software.com>
To: "Eliah Kagan" <degeneracypressure@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
dbsec@...elists.org
Subject: Re: Database servers on XP and the curious flaw
Hi Eliah,
>David Litchfield wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> I've just put up a paper on a curious flaw that appears when running a
>My intent is not to MS-bash here, but perhaps Microsoft is to blame
>for not educating people about this issue. (If they had, your paper
>would be superfluous.)
>Usually if millions of users are insecure because they don't know
>something, someone is to blame.
To be honest I don't think we're talking millions of people. How many people
at home run a fully fledged RDBMS on their XP systems? Very few I'd guess.
Besides, Simple File Sharing is documented so MS are educating those willing
to seek information.
Cheers,
David
http://www.databasesecurity.com/
http://www.ngssoftware.com/
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