Microsoft Channenges Hackers to take down SP2

[Starbucks]

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]

Originally posted by Starbucks

Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?

[Smeggle]

we do think he is asking for trouble

We most certainly do

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...

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[lostonline]

Originally posted by will
Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?

Or even OpenBSD, but there are several answers more valid than Windows.

[MonKeyRum]

Just asking for trouble...

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

[macaroon]

Can't Meecrosost afford a QA department these days?

Hmmm. Can you get microwavable Humble Pie these days?

[Vie]

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

[MegaRock]

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]

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]

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

[dlinkwit27]

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

[dylman]

It's from the Inquirer:

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

[GqSkrub]

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

[MegaRock]

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

[Germ]

hur hur bashing microsoft is so coo

[Psythik]

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]

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]

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

[MegaRock]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Originally posted by will

Since when did microsoft make FreeBSD?

er.. OpenBSD?

[baafie]

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

[will]

Yeah I ment openBSD, but I suck.

[lostonline]

Originally posted by james
er.. OpenBSD?

I posted that a while back

[MegaRock]

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

[CaptainNuss]

Originally posted by MegaRock
DOS was the only secure OS Microsoft ever had and IBM wrote it.

IBM didn't write it. Click.

[MegaRock]

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

[MStar]

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