full-disclosure - Richard M. Smith got it wrong

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From: nom.de.guerre at bonbon.net (NDG)
Subject: Richard M. Smith got it wrong

Windows Messenger <> Messenger Service

Not that Windows Messenger if in any way a Good Thing (tm)

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms@...puterbytesman.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:48 PM
To: 'Darren Bounds'; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft got it wrong

Only last month in USA Today, Microsoft was claiming that Windows Messenger
didn't represent a security hazard:

   Pop-ups assail through Windows
   http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-09-24-popups_x.htm

   Microsoft views pop-up boxes as a benign nuisance 
   that does "not pose a security risk," says Greg Sullivan, 
   product manager for Windows. 

Looks like Microsoft crystal ball is pretty fuzzy.  Windows Messsenger is
just the sort of seldom-used feature that should be turned off by default in
Windows XP.

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com