Craig Burton

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IE7 holes a hoax?

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
Amazing. The FUD around the browser and vulnerabilities is intense. It takes
a programmer/technologist to really know. The rest is hype. 

Information on Reports of IE 7 Vulnerability
Hi, this is Christopher Budd.

Weíve gotten some questions here today about public reports claiming thereís
a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7. This is an issue that we have under
investigation and [...]

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More Silage

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

Identity
2.0 º Yahooís Identity Silo

Dick nailed this one. What a yawner of an announcement. Visionaries my
ass. 

Yahoo has joined Googleís silo building by releasing BBAuth, a mechanism for other sites
to access services and data within the world of Yahoo.

Unlike Googleís Account
Authentication, Yahoo is allowing their service to be used for SSO and
registration.

BBAuth is clearly targeted at [...]

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In less than 24 Hours IE7 hole is found

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

 
Hard to believe.

Secunia Advisory:SA22477

Release Date:2006-10-19

Critical:Less critical

Impact:Exposure of sensitive information

Where:From remote

Solution Status:Unpatched

Software:Microsoft
Internet Explorer 7.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!- Companies
can be alerted when a patch is released!

Description:A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet
Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially
sensitive information.The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
handling of redirections [...]

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CardSpace Resources

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
More CardSpace links. Many of these are excellent. 

QuickstartÖ

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2006
Via Rajesh has this list of
links
from
MSDN that should help most people who want to find out more
about CardSpace: 

Introducing
Windows CardSpace   This article introduces the set of new
Windows capabilities called Windows CardSpace (formerly ìInfoCardî), which
provides a  standards-based solution for working with and managing diverse
digital identities.

A
Deeper [...]

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Hot Stuff Magazine–Hot Stuff!

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

 
I like the look of this, the battery in my phone just doesn’t last very long.
Good thinking? 

Juice yourself senseless with Motoís portable charger
Tue, 17 Oct 2006
04:53 PM

Motorolaís P790 portable power charger is the single biggest advancement in
tech since the personal computer. In fact, itís a bit like a remote control for
your TV remote in [...]

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