bugtraq - Re: MSIE src&name property disclosure

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Message-ID: <20041108213549.M14239@dekadens.coredump.cx>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:37:55 +0100 (CET)
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>
To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
Cc: Berend-Jan Wever <skylined@...p.tudelft.nl>,
   full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: MSIE src&name property disclosure

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Paul Schmehl wrote:

  [ Moderators - feel free to kill this ]

> Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.  Most
> likely what happened is the left hand (PR) didn't know what the right
> hand (secure@) was doing.

Highly unlikely; Microsoft Security Response is a team that, among other
things, manages and handles security response, including security-related
PR-esque functions (ever seen 'security evangelist' job postings on the
net?). The quote is fairly specific, so I doubt it could be spawned by a
lone PR drone who did not check with them.

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