The Fine Line Between Security and Usability 195
SkiifGeek writes to ask, "Where should vendors be required to draw the line when supporting deprecated file formats and technology? In a recent case independent security researcher cocoruder found a critical bug with the JET engine, via the .mdb (Access) file format, he reported it to Microsoft, but Microsoft's response came as a surprise to him — it appears that Microsoft is not inclined to fix a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability with a data technology that is at the heart of a large number of essential business and hobby applications."
Oblig. Dilbert (Score:5, Funny)
http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071116.html [dilbert.com]
Re:In my opinion (Score:5, Funny)
Explain Vista then.
Re:This is not news to me... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In my opinion (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In my opinion (Score:4, Funny)
Re:why do people (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft Access is a demo. It's meant to seduce you into thinking that developing your own database applications is easy and fun, and that Access can address your organizational needs adequately. This puts you onto the path that will eventually lead to you buying MS SQL Server.
At least, that's been my experience!
Access leads to... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:why do people (Score:3, Funny)
Drawing the line (Score:4, Funny)
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Microsoft
Was that so hard?