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From: Edward S Ferrara on 4 May 2008 20:59
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:06:37 -0800, Gerald Vogt wrote:

> On Feb 16, 8:48 pm, "Bear Bottoms" <bearbotto...(a)gmai.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:54:48 -0600, Sebastian G. <se...(a)seppig.de>
>> wrote:
>> > shatter attacks
>>
>> It is as easy as: Wikipedia:In computing, a shatter attack is a
>> programming technique employed by hackers on Microsoft Windows
>> operating systems that can be used to bypass security restrictions
>> between processes in a session. A shatter attack takes advantage of a
>> design flaw in Windows's message-passing system whereby arbitrary code
>> could be injected into any other running application or service in the
>> same session, that makes use of a message loop. This could result in a
>> privilege escalation exploit.
>
> If you stood in a library and someone came to you (assuming you are not
> a librarian) and asked you for the name of the capital of Timbuktu, you
> would run and go and pick the next encyclopedia, look it up, copy it,
> and give it to the person in question? You would not just wonder whether
> that person was a little bit crazy or wonder whether that person thought
> you were a librarian and paid for that job? You would not tell that
> person that it should check a encyclopedia?? Astonishing... ;-)
>
> Gerald

Actually I might. I also think the purpose of read news is the exchange
of information... It seems this topic touches a nerve. I do agree that
Wickipedia is a good place to have questions like "What is a shatter
attack answered..." I still think it always pays to be helpful.

Ed

Ed
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