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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
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Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
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Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-25
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Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
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Re: Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-25
Steve Bostedor
I agree, that article is far more thought out. I believe that Gibson is one of those guys that loves attention and lives for the day when he can "discover" something and let everyone know before anyone else. It makes him feel smart and important.

We all have a tinge of that in us but he seems to have a higher threshold for carelessness than the rest of us.

With that being said, the author of this article did absolutely nothing to debunk the claims of Gibson but instead attempted to personally attack him and belittle his intelligence. Unless you're running for office, that doesn't fly well here.

The Sysinternals article actually took the time to go into the technical reasons why Gibson?s ideas are flawed.

After seeing this article, I give as much technical credence to Thomas C. Greene that I do to Gibson and both combined can fit into my pinky.



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Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-25
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Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-25
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Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-27
Penguinisto
Gibson is an idiot 2006-02-09
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Your mistake 2006-05-30
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