Comments on: XSS Bug in IE8 http://www.technibble.com/xss-bug-in-ie8/ A Resource for Computer Repair Technicians & to get PC tech support help. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:49:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.technibble.com/xss-bug-in-ie8/comment-page-1/#comment-10770 Rob Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:23 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/xss-bug-in-ie8/#comment-10770 This has got to be one of the 'lamest' security flaw articles. I can't stand these articles that are all 'fluff' and 'maybe'. <blockquote cite="">If the attacker can figure out a flaw in the way IE 8 is actually doing that output encoding... Isn't that the basis of ANY ATTACK! If the attacker could figure out a way to hack into a computer, they could take over the computer. Duh! It's almost as bad as the last one from Sophos about Windows7 UAC not protecting against most spyware. Duh...it's not supposed too! You can't protect everyone from spyware...most of them are just regular programs that 'pretend' to be legitimate. It's like saying police should be able to capture everyone BEFORE they commit a crime. This has got to be one of the ‘lamest’ security flaw articles. I can’t stand these articles that are all ‘fluff’ and ‘maybe’.

If the attacker can figure out a flaw in the way IE 8 is actually doing that output encoding…

Isn’t that the basis of ANY ATTACK! If the attacker could figure out a way to hack into a computer, they could take over the computer. Duh!

It’s almost as bad as the last one from Sophos about Windows7 UAC not protecting against most spyware. Duh…it’s not supposed too! You can’t protect everyone from spyware…most of them are just regular programs that ‘pretend’ to be legitimate. It’s like saying police should be able to capture everyone BEFORE they commit a crime.

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