Comments on: Reader’s Article: Does Microsoft Create Security FUD Against Rivals? http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/security-fud-against-rivals/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sabayon User (YGUG) http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/security-fud-against-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-64274 Sabayon User (YGUG) Fri, 29 May 2009 19:28:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11727#comment-64274 You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? You really have no idea what you’re talking about, do you?

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/security-fud-against-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-64254 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 29 May 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11727#comment-64254 Some say it's just a fancy name for "buffer overflows". Some say it’s just a fancy name for “buffer overflows”.

]]> By: aeshna23 http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/security-fud-against-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-64253 aeshna23 Fri, 29 May 2009 16:41:05 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11727#comment-64253 I'm way out of my area of knowledge here, but I did have one guess about what's going on here. It's my understanding that the applications and the operating system are as not as isolated from each in Windows as in Unix based operating systems. Since pool overruns exploit OS bugs, could it be that Windows needs safe unlinking much more than any other OS? Are they just fixing a problem created by the original poor design of Windows? I’m way out of my area of knowledge here, but I did have one guess about what’s going on here. It’s my understanding that the applications and the operating system are as not as isolated from each in Windows as in Unix based operating systems. Since pool overruns exploit OS bugs, could it be that Windows needs safe unlinking much more than any other OS? Are they just fixing a problem created by the original poor design of Windows?

]]> By: saulgoode http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/security-fud-against-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-64249 saulgoode Fri, 29 May 2009 16:14:42 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11727#comment-64249 <blockquote>Are there any actual examples of ‘pool overruns’, in the public domain, that can be successfully run on Mac OS X and GNU/Linux?</blockquote> The article doesn't actually state that the "pool overruns" exploit has ever been a problem for OS X or GNU/Linux, only that the independent security evaluator who reported on the Microsoft problem has (at some point in his career) "exploited weaknesses" on those systems. From the wording of the article it should not be presumed that said weaknesses had anything to do with "pool overruns" (or even that they were serious).

Are there any actual examples of ‘pool overruns’, in the public domain, that can be successfully run on Mac OS X and GNU/Linux?

The article doesn’t actually state that the “pool overruns” exploit has ever been a problem for OS X or GNU/Linux, only that the independent security evaluator who reported on the Microsoft problem has (at some point in his career) “exploited weaknesses” on those systems. From the wording of the article it should not be presumed that said weaknesses had anything to do with “pool overruns” (or even that they were serious).

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