[2876] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Security aspects of Microsoft FrontPage server extensions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David W. Morris)
Tue Sep 3 00:42:21 1996
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 20:08:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David W. Morris" <dwm@shell.portal.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199609021225.IAA00486@oit.gatech.edu>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, John Cronin wrote:
> Once upon a time, Mark Constable told me this tale:
> ->
> ->Michael Mathieu wrote:
> ->
> ->> I'm Mike Mathieu, the Group Program Manager for the Vermeer Technologies
> ->> group at Microsoft. I'm responsible for the design of FrontPage. As of
> ->> ...
> ->
> ->I also just joined this list in the hope of discovering the state of
> ->openly available security standards on the web. There is one course
> ->of action that M$ could pursue that would satisfy a lot of concerns,
> ->release the source for the FP server extensions and encourage an open
> ->standard as a genuine solution for all of us.
>
> I don't think this is something that Microsoft will ever consider. It
> just isn't in their mindset. That is one reason that there will always
> be a Unix or some other thorn in their side, for which I am grateful.
What a great way to encourage Microsoft employees to participate in
open forums. Make unreasonable demands and then roast their motives with
your fact based analysis.
This is supposed to be a place where we can cooperate to improve web
security and learn about the issues. Please stop wasting our time with
your rants and take advantage of the opportunity for open communication.
Dave Morris
