re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 6:13 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Daniel Weinreb (2 messages posted) Even if it asks the user first (which, as you point out, is NOT the default), it's still a security vulnerability in practice. Consider how this works for an ordinary person (my Dad). He is offered a useful service, if he clicks on some link. So he clicks. A message comes up saying "blah, blah, incomprehensible techie stuff, blah, blah: do you want to get the nice service that you asked for, or do you want to not get it?" Of course, he answers yes. (Same for the messages that Firefox pops up when there is a PKI problem such as an expired certificate, or a totally bogus certificate, or no certificate, at a server.) Written in response to: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 4:04 pm) Responses to this message: re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 8:26 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 4:04 pm) Important update and workaround (lbecque: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 7:09 pm) re: Important update and workaround (Steve: Thu, Jun 4, 2009, 7:50 pm) re: Important update and workaround (Charlie Hadden: Fri, Jun 5, 2009, 5:33 am) re: Important update and workaround (Steve: Fri, Jun 5, 2009, 6:20 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Daniel Weinreb: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 6:13 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 8:26 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Daniel Weinreb: Sun, Jun 7, 2009, 11:40 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Hayes Whitt: Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 10:32 pm) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (dmex: Mon, Jun 8, 2009, 8:49 pm) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (lbecque: Tue, Jun 9, 2009, 10:28 am) re: Is this really a vulnerability or just hype? Results of my tests, check the facts. (Hayes Whitt: Thu, Jun 11, 2009, 2:14 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum