With 150,000,000 users, this is a nightmare. How many of them do you think are going to even try to fix this unless AOL pushes it on them?
tom mallard seattle -----Original Message----- From: Fulvio Perini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: netscape.public.mozilla.general To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:33 AM Subject: Re: Security hole in AIM >Jay Garcia wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > This link was just posted on slashdot.org >> > It details a security hole in Aol Instant Messenger >> > http://www.w00w00.org/advisories/aim.html >> > >> > And it's nice to know... >> > "Inline AIM in Netscape is not vulnerable" >> > >> > >> >> Yah well .. >> >> The best defense is just as noted on the site, enable "Allow only users >> on my buddy list" to contact me ... Otherwise you open yourself up to >> all sorts of crapola !! :-[ >> >> -- >> Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion >> Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI >> UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org > >Jay,I do not use AIM,as Messenger.I have it only for Webmail.I doubt that >it should be any problem,if I do not let anyone through,but can it be? > > >-- >Fulvio Perini >Omaha,NE 68124 > >You never finish a program.You just stop working on it. > > > >
