“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776
“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)
“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008
Another Unpatched Windows Bug
Published Tue, Nov 7 2006 10:32 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet
For the second time in less than a week, Microsoft has acknowledged that attackers are exploiting a critical, unpatched flaw in Windows to snatch PCs from their owners.
The new bug, which is in an ActiveX component of Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 -- a service that lets developers use scripting languages such as JavaScript and Visual Basic to access XML documents -- is being put to work now by attackers, Microsoft admitted in a security advisory posted late Friday.
"We are aware of limited attacks that are attempting to use the reported vulnerability," said Ben Richeson, a program manager with the Microsoft Security Response Center, in a blog entry Saturday. "We'll continue to monitor the situation and provide updates should the situation change," Richeson added.
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This is the second advisory Microsoft has posted in the last week concerning a zero-day flaw, one which attackers already are exploiting. The first called out a critical flaw in Visual Studio 2005 last Tuesday. It also was the fifth vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer that's been disclosed since the browser updated to version 7 on Oct. 18.
Read more here.
%*#@!# - I like Internet Explorer 7! Five vulnerabilities already? If I could plug the Windows Live toolbar into Firefox I'd ditch IE faster than Ted Kennedy ditched Mary Jo Kopechne.
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