Astonishing security hole in IE.

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From: "Paul Davis"<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 8/12/02 12:43:29 PM
To: "farber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<farber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Astonishing security hole in IE.

I think this will interest you, especially as it seems MS is
stonewalling.

Certificate handling error in IE allows man-in-the-middle 
attacks against online banking users, e.g.

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286290/2002-08-08/2002-08-14/2

Paul Davis
Watermark Technology


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