[81723] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape Security Flaw is a Feature
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Fri Jun 13 12:09:35 1997
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:25:31 -0700
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v03102802afc67bb040fb@[207.167.93.63]>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
At 09:33 PM 6/12/97 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>But how could such a massive, massive flaw have gone undiscovered for so
long?
"Our chief weapon is surprise."
>Meanwhile, Microsoft has acknowledge that all lines to its Redmond site are
>clogged by people dumping Navigator and trying to download Explorer.
Actually, it's all a Scandinavian Plot - the Danish hackers are
doing it on behalf of the Opera Browser folks from Norway,
whose graphical browser has the advantage of being only 1/10 as big as
Netscape or Internet Exploder. Their primary objective is to
draw people away from Lynx...
# Thanks; Bill
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