I don't know about that. Doesn't Microsoft do code reviews of stuff they put in windows? If this is a backdoor, you can bet it was instigated by FedGov.
Perhaps but even then it is not something MS wanted to do. ANd code reviews do not always catch back doors..
 "I don't know about that. Doesn't Microsoft do code reviews of stuff they put in windows?"
I agree. The Lee Harvey Oswald theory of a lone renegade programming doesn't fly at all. You don't check out code for modification that isn't reviewed and tested to the max in an organization as large as Microsoft. I'm not saying it's a bug and therefore not intentionally done, but it took more than one person to pull this off if it is intentional. |
It's not. Gibbie is, as usual, full of it. Here's one commenter who notes that Gibson's assertion that the exploit can only be triggered with a record length of 1 (so therefore it *must* be intentional!!1!1!11) is complete BS.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=173878&cid=14466008
I hate to be the party-pooper, but Gibson is next to worthless as a source for anything related to computer security.