Re: Risk Management
The root cause for all this is IE6's non standards compliant browser with ActiveX controls that microsoft then did not upgrade.
No. No, it isn't. You should make sure you have a clue about what you are spouting before you demonstrate your ignorance to the world. The root cause of this is reportedly a buffer overflow vulnerability in SMB. SMB (Simple Message Block) is a file-sharing protocol that allows drives etc. to be shared on a network; nothing to do with IE, nothing to do with ActiveX.
Furthermore, if you think buffer overflows are unique to Microsoft then you are sadly mistaken (try googling 'Linux buffer overflow' for example), they are the result of programming mistakes, which can occur in any software.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of MS, some of their business practices raise ethical questions, but then again most large companies are guilty of the same; it could be considered a software flaw in capitalism. People use the tools they need to get the job done.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
