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Starbucks 9th September 2004 13:09

Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
 
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Microsoft calls out hackers

C'mon geeks we will take you all on

By Nick Farrell: Thursday 09 September 2004, 08:23

THE MAKERS of the most secure operating system in the world, Microsoft is calling on hackers to try and take down its SP2 version of XP.
The fighting talk came from Vole's UK head Alistair Baker has told hackers that if they could get through a Windows XP system with SP2 running he would be impressed.

He said his company's Windows XP operating system update was the "first big line we have drawn in the sand" to combat security breaches and spam. Now while we are impressed with Alistair's commitment to his product, we do think he is asking for trouble.

will 9th September 2004 13:11

Re: Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
 
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Originally posted by Starbucks
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THE MAKERS of the most secure operating system in the world, Microsoft

Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?

Smeggle 9th September 2004 13:13

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we do think he is asking for trouble
We most certainly do :D

ejit...doesn't he know it allready is supposed to have been? They issued there first patch within 7 days I heard[?] dunno haven't been following it lately...

~ :)

lostonline 9th September 2004 13:14

Re: Re: Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
 
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Originally posted by will
Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?
Or even OpenBSD, but there are several answers more valid than Windows.

MonKeyRum 9th September 2004 13:19

Just asking for trouble...

I hope he like his humble pie served hot!!!

macaroon 9th September 2004 14:00

Can't Meecrosost afford a QA department these days?

Hmmm. Can you get microwavable Humble Pie these days?

Vie 9th September 2004 14:22

I give it 2 days, I'm fealing generous.

MegaRock 9th September 2004 17:53

I'm definately not upgrading now, although I never put in SP1 either. I figure they;re always after what people are running so the old holes are no longer fun to mess with.

Lol, I said old holes.

CraigF 9th September 2004 17:57

doesnt have anything to do with it not installing on your particular install due to the key being tapped in incorrectly during install and just by chance working, but being a blacklisted key. Does it?

MegaRock 9th September 2004 18:06

Nope, it's too easy to change the key anyway.

dlinkwit27 9th September 2004 18:47

starbucks, can you post a link to where you got that from?

dylman 9th September 2004 20:13

It's from the Inquirer:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18340

GqSkrub 9th September 2004 21:26

it's so secure that even the USERS can't access their own OS. or so i've heard.

MegaRock 9th September 2004 22:51

It's so secure that everyone BUT the user can access the OS.

Germ 10th September 2004 00:02

hur hur bashing microsoft is so coo

Psythik 10th September 2004 00:06

Honestly I think SP2 is a bunch of bullshit. The only difference I've noticed between it and SP1 is the Windows Security Center thing that annoys the shit outta me by popping up with this stupid message telling me to enable Norton whenever I disable it. I was really hoping SP2 would come with some visual enhancements instead of a bunch of seemingly useless security crap...

CaptainNuss 10th September 2004 00:41

Yep, who cares for security when it looks good. Same thing with some men's thinking about women. Who cares about intelligence when she looks good.

squall14716 10th September 2004 01:06

But it isn't security, it's an annoyance.

MegaRock 10th September 2004 01:16

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Originally posted by ScYtH
Honestly I think SP2 is a bunch of bullshit. The only difference I've noticed between it and SP1 is the Windows Security Center thing that annoys the shit outta me by popping up with this stupid message telling me to enable Norton whenever I disable it. I was really hoping SP2 would come with some visual enhancements instead of a bunch of seemingly useless security crap...
Hehe, you think SP2 is useless wait for Longhorn... or as it's being called now 'Little Steer'. The few would be nice enhancements are now being dropped and the only new features will be a new way windows animate and a new 'communications subsystem' whatever the crap that means. In other words more useless enhancements that will force everyone to buy CPU's twice as powerful as you already have. According to Micropoops own estimates it would only work on "maybe' ten percent of the PC's in use today or already manufactured.

Corporations are already balking saying the new WinFS feature was possibly worth the upgrade but since most haven't even upgraded past Windows 2000 Longhorn I have a feeling is going to fall flat on it's face like ME did. Linux vendors are salivating of course because they all now have time to catch up.

I won't be installing SP2. I won't be installing SP1 either. My PC is protected by non MS software and I've yet to have a single problem such as worms, intrusions or spyware ever get into it - and all that software came free to boot.

cyu 10th September 2004 01:25

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Originally posted by CaptainNuss
Yep, who cares for security when it looks good.
Thats the sole reason why ms is getting bitched at in the first place.

missyob 10th September 2004 02:08

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Originally posted by CaptainNuss
Yep, who cares for security when it looks good. Same thing with some men's thinking about women. Who cares about intelligence when she looks good.
Ouch that is rough.

So a woman looking good is more important than if she has a brain or not?

s0be 10th September 2004 02:32

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Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
has that typo been there the whole time? I've entered and left the thread twice(three times including this time) and I just noticed it.

Please say I'm not going insane(er{err}).

s0be

CaptainNuss 10th September 2004 10:52

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Originally posted by missyob
So a woman looking good is more important than if she has a brain or not?
For some men, yes, definitely. For me, no.

james 10th September 2004 11:10

Re: Re: Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
 
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Originally posted by will

Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?
er.. OpenBSD?

:p

baafie 10th September 2004 12:34

I was just about to post that, but you beat me to it, james.

:D

will 10th September 2004 12:40

Yeah I ment openBSD, but I suck.

lostonline 10th September 2004 12:55

Re: Re: Re: Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2
 
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Originally posted by james
er.. OpenBSD?

:p

I posted that a while back :p

MegaRock 10th September 2004 13:38

DOS was the only secure OS Microsoft ever had and IBM wrote it.

CaptainNuss 10th September 2004 13:48

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Originally posted by MegaRock
DOS was the only secure OS Microsoft ever had and IBM wrote it.
IBM didn't write it. Click.

MegaRock 10th September 2004 14:02

Damn, I always thought it was IBM since they had the copyright on it.

MStar 10th September 2004 14:16

Better them exploting holes in the safety of this somewhat-controlled environment so they can fix them, rather than unleasing worms onto the world. Think of it as hiring beta testers :)


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