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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: sime on 9 September 2004, 17:07

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: sime on 9 September 2004, 17:07

Are they really this stupid or do they really  want to be proven wrong?

http://www.ebcvg.com/news.php?id=3611 (http://www.ebcvg.com/news.php?id=3611)

Is it just me or was that a really, really, really stupid thing to say.

Later

Sime

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: Xeen on 9 September 2004, 17:57

It will baffle hackers...that is until the next 10000 holes are found.

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: Commander on 9 September 2004, 20:25

"If you could get through that I would be impressed."
this man is easily impressed, wouldn't you say?

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: Refalm on 10 September 2004, 00:06

I'll bet 10-1 that it's going to be cracked by the end of ths month  (http://smile.gif)

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: Orethrius on 10 September 2004, 00:25

Gotta love that last quote though...
 

quote:

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Bookies immediately offered punters odds of 2-1 on that the system would be hacked by the end of the year.

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 :D  :D  :D

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: WMD on 10 September 2004, 01:22

Much of SP2 is an extra layer of obscurity.  We all know how good that works.  ;)

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: skyman8081 on 10 September 2004, 04:59

Its more of a fish-out-of-water, yes it will be cracked, but the majority of hackers (Read: skr1pt k1dd13's) will be baffled that their cool app's that hax windows boxen no longer work.

Title: Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
Post by: Talium on 10 September 2004, 19:15

vary funny ... I wonder how drunk was he when he said :"If you could get through that I would be impressed."