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Debunking the WMF backdoor
Thomas C. Greene, 2006-01-23

Claims that the WMF vulnerability was an intentional backdoor into Windows systems makes for an interesting conspiracy theory, but doesn't fit with the facts.

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Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-23
Rick Luther
Finally Someone said it... 2006-01-24
Jon Hash
Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
assurbanipal (1 replies)
Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-30
Alexey Vesnin
Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
Anonymous
Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
Anonymous
Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
Anonymous
Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
ScuzzMonkey (1 replies)
While I don't necessarily disagree with the assessment of Gibson, and I find the conspiracy theory itself difficult to believe, this isn't much of a debunking... I just finished listening to the Security Now podcast in which he details his appreciation of the vulnerability, and this article's author either didn't bother to listen to it or wasn't capable of addressing the actual argument Gibson made. A little bit of the pot calling the kettle black? If you're going to slam someone for failing to understand something, you damn well better make sure you understand what they are saying about it in the first place.

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