Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE 1069
LWATCDR writes "I have been saying this for a long time but now it is offical. From Yahoo News:
'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'" In related news, rocketjam writes "According to Wired, the widespread Internet Explorer security exploit last week and CERT's subsequent recommendation that IE users should consider switching to another browser has resulted in a large spike in downloads of the Mozilla Organization's Mozilla and Firefox web browsers."
Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! (Score:4, Funny)
What's next, a recommendation that everyone stop using Microsoft Windows?
New: Microsox Windlls FU SP7 w/Ubernet Exploiter (a free pile of bugs in each release!)
I have been saying this for a long time but now it is offical.
<Shakespeare mode=Hamlet>: There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave to tell us this.</Shakespeare>
Really. How long before the Whitehouse figuratively grabs Tom Ridge by the lapels and tries to throttle him. Such harsh treatment for a huge dono^H^H^H^Hemployer. Oddsbodkins, what next, the GWB DoJ was soft in pursuing the danger of monopoly exploitation of the browser market?
Of course (Score:5, Funny)
Duh. All our friends at Microsoft need it too.
*grin*
*grin*
Wow (Score:2, Funny)
Man, this'll be just liek when video games normed (Score:5, Funny)
Profit (Score:5, Funny)
Homeland Security actualy works!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Heh, oops... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! (Score:5, Funny)
Now he's trying to find John Kerry's phone number to tell him "hey, wanna be President? No problem, you're in...the stuff that happens in November is just a formality, but trust me, my next call is to Diebold to finally tell them who I want to win...just remember to have your guy tell everyone that IE and Windows is the OS of choice now...buh bye"
Homeland Security Be Damned (Score:5, Funny)
*pause*
She then asks if our mother uses it. I said yes (thanks to me).
"Ok, install it."
Homeland security be damned, it's the MOTHERS we need to convert.
Re:Great News (Score:2, Funny)
I believe it's time for a cliche... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, no shit sherlock.
Lynx (Score:5, Funny)
Translation for the Layman (Score:5, Funny)
This translates to a set of instructions for making changes in I.E. settings since the default settings are not terribly good for security. THe MS spokesperson said that a "comprehensive" security pack for I.E. will be out later this summer.
Translation: After all those horses get out of the way, we'll have your barn door fixed in a jiffy.
Another recommendation ... (Score:4, Funny)
In other news, DHS says Stop Using Airplanes. (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe people will choose to take charge of their own computer security like I've ranted about for years now.
don't click on links in IE (Score:5, Funny)
"The most effective step that you can take to help protect yourself from malicious hyperlinks is not to click them. Rather, type the URL of your intended destination in the address bar yourself."
Re:Its About time (Score:5, Funny)
I feel so....conflicted.
They say IE is bad, which is good, but they're big brother which is bad. My brain 'splode now, thank you.
Re:Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! (Score:4, Funny)
he just need to update some dll and that's it
Re:Man, this'll be just liek when video games norm (Score:5, Funny)
Keep using Internet Explorer! (Score:4, Funny)
So here's a question... (Score:5, Funny)
2) Apple is no longer just for coddled sheep
3) Sun is dying
4) Sun is embracing linux
5) Sun is no longer embracing linux
6) SGI is dying
7) ???
8) We might be watching the beginning of the end for Microsoft. Not just in this, but the whole pile of events over the last couple of years. If Microsoft loses relevance, and market share, and withers away...
Who Is Going To Be The New Evil Empire????
I want to know who to unconditionally hate next!!
Re:Its About time (Score:4, Funny)
Re:HELP!MY FLAHS DOES NOT WOKR WITH THE FIREFOX (Score:1, Funny)
And yes, I am a gentoo user, in fact I'm able to post this message 7.3% faster than a Debian user because I have optimized binaries.
Re:So here's a question... (Score:2, Funny)
8) We might be watching the beginning of the end for Microsoft. Not just in this, but the whole pile of events over the last couple of years. If Microsoft loses relevance, and market share, and withers away...
Who Is Going To Be The New Evil Empire????
I want to know who to unconditionally hate next!!
OOOOO!! ME! ME! Pick me!!
Hey, if means being a billionaire, I'm willing to take one for the team...
Re:Its About time (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Homeland Security Be Damned (Score:5, Funny)
Riiiight... see, if you do that, your family might kick you out of the basement. Not that I would know or anything. Nosiree.
(What, did you think you were good for anything else?)
Re:Serious for MS (Score:5, Funny)
Rich
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:5, Funny)
That last sentence gives me a better idea... forget the lawsuit. Encourage their spouses to deny them until those bugs get fixed.
Call it Project Lysistrata.
Uhh... that assumes they have spouses to deny them. If not, distribute their pictures to every singles bar and sweaty-palm dating site, with a "DO NOT TOUCH THIS PERSON." warning.
If they're not plugging holes now, they certainly won't be plugging holes until the bugs get fixed!*
* "or get plugged", depending upon gender and orientation. Deny, deny, deny until the bugs are fixed!
Don't worry! (Score:5, Funny)
Now, how many fingers?
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:5, Funny)
Well, at least the DoHS didn't recommend cover your Windows with plastic and using duct-tape to seal the cracks this time...
Criticism of MS unfair... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This won't change anything (Score:3, Funny)
Duct taping windows... using Firefox on Windows... hey I bet the same guy came up with both these recommendations. The same guy who didn't understand the framework around a window was insecure, and who doesn't undertand the Windows framework is insecure.
Re:Lynx (Score:3, Funny)
Re:HELP!MY FLAHS DOES NOT WOKR WITH THE FIREFOX (Score:1, Funny)
dd if=/dev/zero of=flash.bin bs=512k count=1
Then put the file flash.bin on a floppy disk and flash your bios with it. Problem solved. Flash works.
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps Microsoft didn't adhere to Global Law and will face a Global Court. In front of this World Court where juristiction is not in any way ambiguous, microsoft shall be cleansed of all the evil wealth it created and be forced to continue to work for free on open source projects.
In other news..... (Score:2, Funny)
Like that would ever happen.
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:2, Funny)
The only whole what?!? I'm dying to know...
How about partials? Have they plugged any partials lately?
Re:Man, this'll be just liek when video games norm (Score:4, Funny)
Stock Homeland Security Bulletin: Duct Tape! (Score:4, Funny)
The Dept. of Homeland Security recommends that if a Web Application requires MS I.E. and you cannot use Mozilla or competitor please follow the following instructions in case of accidentally browsing the Internet with this software:
1) Cover the Computer (Tower or Desktop) with Plastic.
2) Place Duct Tape over the window on the Monitor Screen when a Pop-Up or insecure page loads. Once you have closed I.E. and ran virus checks you may contact Homeland security for permission to remove the Duct Tape and resume normal computing operations.
Re:Great News (Score:3, Funny)
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:5, Funny)
These are Microsoft developers. You'd better be distributing those pictures to all the hookers and massage parlors in and around Seattle.
Time to uninstall IE! (Score:3, Funny)
And since this is the almighty Homeland Security, this means that all government agencies should now panic and try to uninstall IE from all of their computers. (Oops, where is that elusive uninstall option? No, not that one, all it does is delete the icon.)
I guess that also means that anybody who has a site that only works in IE is a terrorist!
Re:Lynx (Score:4, Funny)
I only read them for the articles.
In related news ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:3, Funny)
Or sheep farms and businesses that sell really, really bad nylon short-sleeved button-down shirts.
apt-get remove internet_explorer (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Its About time (Score:5, Funny)
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Horray for the Department of Homeland Security!
I feel so....conflicted.I know, it's like watching a fight between an IRS auditor and a PETA employee. You just hope it goes the distance.
Rise of the... (Score:5, Funny)
It's so great to see Mozilla rising from the smoldering ashes that MS left Netscape in, only to come back and bite MS in the ass. It's so symbolic, they should change Mozilla's name to "Phoenix" or something.
Huh? Oh. (Gilda Radner on SNL voice....) Nevermind.
Re:Firefox's Gestures (Score:3, Funny)
Perhaps Mozilla can leverage their quality vector above the 60,000 foot level and ramp up their ownership of the browser market whilst operationalizing their solutioning mindshare of the disintermediate, multidisciplinary, proactive, synergistic process.
What's that? Bingo?
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, the irony (Score:5, Funny)
Mirror Universe (Score:2, Funny)
Don't Worry (Score:2, Funny)
(That ought to shut DHS up for a while... How much of the Duct Tape business does Bush own again?)
Here's a fun rule for your server... (Score:4, Funny)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)cmd.exe(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)root.exe(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/_vti_bin\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/scripts\/\.\.(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/_mem_bin\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/msadc\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/MSADC\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/c\/winnt\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/d\/winnt\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/x90\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com
</IfModule>
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:3, Funny)
On the other hand, that may well be true.
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:4, Funny)
Only partially. (sorry about that;)
I can see the opportunities for posters now... (Score:2, Funny)
That means if you use IE...you support terrorism!
http://www.tev.net/photos/homelandsecurity.jpg [tev.net]
-Tev
Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Rise of the... (Score:3, Funny)
From the Yahoo! News article... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm pretty sure *most* browsers invoke some kind of HTML rendering engine. Yes, even Mozilla.
Re:Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! (Score:4, Funny)