> I just got this note from Eric Raymond in my inbox. I must be on his
> PR list.
>
> I can't find any references online currently to the MS IIS backdoor ESR
> refers to. Have any of you heard of the backdoor, or seen security or
> press coverage of it? It's not on buqtraq or securityfocus or slashdot
> or... yet.
It's on slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/14/1858201
And both an update to the article and the first few comments state that
this is old news, pointing to this old article:
"http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2550387,00.html";
Maybe the reason why it's not on any of the security lists/sites is
because it was there a while ago.
It looks like Eric just took the opportunity of the vulnerability having
been reported on slashdot to issue a small rant that is accurate, though
maybe outdated.
<SARCASM>
However, I don't see why they make such a big fuss about it; after all,
Linux has backdoors too so there's no difference between them.
</SARCASM>
Accurate or not, Eric's comments make great
"print-and-show-to-microsoftesque-companies" material.
- Roadmaster
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