From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:38:44 -0700 (PDT)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Counterpane Cracks MS's PPTP
In-Reply-To: <Version.32.19980601122218.00fbc410@pop.pipeline.com>
Message-ID: <199806012143.QAA018.23@geiger.com>
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In <Version.32.19980601122218.00fbc410@pop.pipeline.com>, on 06/01/98 
   at 12:23 PM, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> said:


>http://www.counterpane.com/pptp.html

>Thanks to GM


<sig> when will people learn?

Microsoft is *incapable* and *unwilling* to provide even nominal security
for it's platforms.

Several problems that exist:

Technical Ability -- Microsoft is seriously lacking in the technical
know-how when it comes to cryptology and data security.

Corporate Mentality -- Microsoft does not have the mentality needed to
produce secure products. This is a company that has historically shipped
poorly designed, bug filled products out the door. Bugs are not seen as a
problem but as an opportunity to sell upgrades. While this has done them
well in selling their overpriced GameBoys (the sheeple never cease to
disappoint me) it is *not* the environment for developing secure products.


Previous security foobars by M$:

NT C2 <---- LOL!!!

Active X <---- Who was the brain child that though *that* up?

Auto-Launch attached binaries in E-Mail <-- Can we say GoodTimes?

Crypto-API <--- Right I would *trust* that. Honest. :)

TCP/IP Stack <--- Too many flaws to list.


Why would anyone trust these simpletons to produce any type of security
product?


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