Re: Digest Authentication, Netscape, and Microsoft
nemo/Joel N. Weber II (devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 17:47:03 -0400 (EDT)
Admittedly, that approach looks at the way human nature works, more than
trying to make sure I have a bulletproof solution.
But I should also add that I've seen about two weeks worth of changes
to files destroyed, and that didn't change my view on security. (But
I think we started making better backups after that lossage.)
Anyway, as I understand it, Microsoft Internet Explorer has some security
problem that allows deleting files; and Java did too at one point.
So imprefect security is not a unique problem.