[plug] Re: FW: Interesting Study

garry garbuck at tpg.com.au
Sat Aug 17 08:35:06 WST 2002


Jill,

Please pass this info onto your IT people.

The outcome is that for the forseeable future, encrypted internet stuff using 
Microsoft Windows is insecure. That means it is NOT safe to use it for 
banking or other online transactions which rely on SSL technology.

Here's a link to look at.

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10801,73507,00.html

Non-Microsoft operating systems have already been fixed, but the problem 
remains deep inside the Windows operating system.

Garry.



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