[81797] in Cypherpunks

home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post

Re: Netscape Bug :)))

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Bradley)
Sat Jun 14 07:08:49 1997

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:41:11 +0000 (   )
From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
To: "Lynne L. Harrison" <lharrison@mhv.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970613001349.006f4334@pop.mhv.net>
Reply-To: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>



>                  The bug was reported by Cabocomm, a
>                  software company located about 100 miles west
>                  of Copenhagen, Denmark. The bug makes it
>                  possible for Web-site operators to read anything
>                  stored on the hard drive of a PC logged on to
>                  the Web site.

Do you have information if by PC here they mean the abreviated IBM-PC form 
(ie. something running a Micro$oft OS) or the generic media meaning 
(ie. any micro)... Ie. is the linux version affected?

        Datacomms Technologies data security
       Paul Bradley, Paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
  Paul@crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul@cryptography.uk.eu.org    
       Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/
      Email for PGP public key, ID: FC76DA85
     "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

 


home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post