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RE: IE 3.02

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Smith)
Mon Apr 14 17:32:23 1997

Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: William Smith <william@euphoria.acomp.usf.edu>
To: David Kennedy <76702.3557@compuserve.com>
cc: WWW Security List <WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199704130101_MC2-142D-8BA2@compuserve.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu

> >Well, is IE 3.02 safe to use? 
> 
> Depends on how much risk you can tolerate.  There is no right answer here. 
> I think it's safe to assume Bill Gates has it on his PC(s?).
> 
> >Did the latest patches remove the documented exposures?  
> 
> No.

 What do you mean, no? The patch solved the problem with the .lnk and .url
exploits. Wasn't that the only problem?

William

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