[!CrackMonkey!] [gkm@petting-zoo.net: The fact that I even mentioned [it] bothers me.]

[Nick Moffitt]

Ha ha Jim Anchower is such a fuqn troll.

I am sick to fuqn death of the "DOn't you know there's a war on?"
cop-out.

----- Forwarded message from glen mccready <gkm at petting-zoo.net> -----
Forwarded-by: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex at txol.net>

It was recently reported in eWeek that "A senior Microsoft Corp.
executive told a federal court last week that sharing information with
competitors could damage national security and even threaten the U.S.
war effort in Afghanistan. He later acknowledged that some Microsoft
code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed." (Emphasis
added.) The follow up from Microsoft is even better: As a result of
the flaws, Microsoft has asked the court to allow a "national
security" carve-out from the requirement that any code or API's be
made public. Microsoft has therefore taken the position that their
code is so bad that it must kept secret to keep people from being
killed by it.

During his second day on the stand, Allchin conceded that Microsoft
has already identified at least one protocol and two APIs that it
plans to withhold from public disclosure under the security carve-out.

The protocol, which is part of Message Queuing, contains a coding
mistake that would threaten the security of enterprise systems using
it if it were disclosed, Allchin said.

When Kevin Hodges, attorney for the dissenting states, asked him how
many APIs would be exempt, Allchin said he did not know the exact
number, but it would include APIs that deal with anti-piracy and
digital rights management.  Microsoft has already identified APIs
involved with Windows File Protection that would be withheld, he said.

When pressed for further details, Allchin said he did not want to
offer specifics because Microsoft is trying to work on its reputation
regarding security. "The fact that I even mentioned the Message
Queuing thing bothers me," he said.

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