Scott Culp
Scott Culp
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Whether or not an operating system has a remote command shell says nothing about its ability to withstand other attacks such as denial of service attacks.
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The Microsoft Internet Explorer security model allows a Web site to run any script or program that it trusts. The program exposes some fairly powerful functionality that allows a hostile Web site to glean information from a user's machine.
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There is great customer interest in UPnP, especially as more UPnP-capable devices are becoming available. Folks who don't want UPnP can certainly turn off the service, but just applying the patch is sufficient to return it to safe operation.