VSW wrote:
> <>Far be it from me to defend Microsoft of course, but it's really
> solely an integration issue as much as it's just poor security design
> in what the browser allows on a system wide scale, permissions, etc.
> If an unprivelaged user can make privelaged system calls within IE,
> Outlook, ActiveX, VB, etc., then there's an underlying security
> problem in the OS itself that needs plugging, regardless of
> integration. BUT, I know what you're saying, having a secureless IE
> (as many people's main net communication transport) makes it that much
> more easy to exploit those vulnerabilities. The bastards... :)
>
> VSW
>
>
>
Hence, Outlook and IE have been given the apt. nick-name of "Typhoid Mary".
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