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They said Windows XP, should they mention that it fails on Windows 95 as well? This blog is becoming more and more a joke. You lost your objectivity man and please stop kissing Microsoft *ss already. My guess is that you will work for them before x-mas so keep it cool!

Secunia is supposed to be a leading security firm. From their own web site you can read: "It is Secunia's ambition to be the leading vulnerability intelligence provider and distributor in the world - second to none." According to my understanding, "second to one" means that Secunia's editors must provide appropriate informations about which operating platform they are using. So yes, they should mention that their findings are pure garbage on Windows Vista.

secunia have acted in this way for years, so i doubt they're hardly going to change when there's huge interest in both vista, ie7, and other big microsoft product launches. The more hype they can generate the better, rather than the more secure they can make products, which is what they suggest is the case.

Did you guys actually read the report? It was confirmed on a fully patched Windows XP SP2 running IE 7.

http://secunia.com/advisories/22628/

As I did on the previous post, I'll ask how you know Secunia knew about these bugs before IE's RTM?  You're implying that they intentionally held on to information about these bugs, but I don't see anything to actually confirm that accusation.  Does innuendo now count as news on this blog?

As the previous posters mentioned, the report explicitly says what version of the OS and IE the bug was discovered against.  Mentioning that the bug does not effect BETA software is not something I would expect from a security company.  Then there's the fact that it is fixed in a unreleased future version of the OS is completely uninteresting to everyone on the planet except the small percentage of folks who are willing to run a beta OS.  My mom doesn't care that in 3 months this bug could be fixed by spending $199 and upgrading her OS.  That's a non-starter.

Beta software? Vista RTMs in the next 7-10 days... then it's not beta software anymore. Then it becomes mainstream... and very important.

And Gabriel, I started kissing Microsoft's ass a hell of a long time ago... you just now started noticing? I never claimed objectivity... but if you thought I had some... then to be honest, I'm flattered. I'm unabashedly pro-Microsoft. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna go work for them. I get more done this way ;).

<i>Beta software? Vista RTMs in the next 7-10 days... then it's not beta software anymore. Then it becomes mainstream... and very important.</i>

Mainstream seems like a strong word.  You've still got 3 months before it is released to the general public.  And then you have the 2+ years it will take for Vista to cross the 50% market cap point where we can stop talking about XP.  Until that happens, noting that a security bug exists in the current OS leader using the new version IE is still important news to me.