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Re: Did MS pull an Ilfak? (MS patch bindiff results)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Polk)
Tue Jan 10 15:04:58 2006

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:20:45 -0500
From: Joe Polk <listuser.jav@gmail.com>
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Brett Glass wrote:

>Question: Is Ilfak's patch still needed for Windows 95, 98, SE and ME
>systems, for which Microsoft is refusing to provide a patch? To what
>extent are these systems vulnerable if not patched?
>
>--Brett Glass
>
>
>  
>
Actually, Ilfak never tested his patch on a Win 9x machine. Steve 
Gibson, however, plans to write a
patch for 95, 98, and ME if Microsoft doesn't.

JP

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