full-disclosure - IE is just as safe as FireFox

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From: eric at arcticbears.com (Eric Paynter)
Subject: IE is just as safe as FireFox

houser@...h.com wrote:
>Interesting tool to downsize rights when logged on as Administrator
>
>(Link may wrap)
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/securecode/columns/default.aspx?p
>ull=/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure11152004.asp

My favourite part is the sample directory used by Microsoft:

Quote:
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For example:

C:\warez\dropmyrights.exe "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
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It seems consistent with the recent announcement that some media player
sample files were created with cracked software.

-Eric