On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:06:55AM -0400, Michael H. Warfield decided:
> Oh boy...
>
>         Oh! You have gotta love this one. If any of you know of ANYONE
> using Microsoft software for web or internet hosting, you better point
> them to this URL NOW! Especially if they are using FrontPage extensions!
> Seems that there has been a backdoor in that Microsoft software for over
> three years!
>
>         "MS admits planting secret password"
>
>         http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2543490,00.html
>
>         It's also in the Wall Street Journal.
>
>         Mike
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My favorite thing about this can be taken from a quote in an article about the
backdoor advisory released yesterday.
"His credibility is destroyed. Would you ever again trust anybody who did this?
Imagine if it had been Microsoft," Harris said.
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,2171,4_340591,00.html
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