Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability - fix available

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

I found nothing wrong with their posting, and certainly did not see them
trying to make more then a buck iin all this either.  Source would be nice
for review, but, to complain about the posting being a "commecial
solicitation" is a tad far fetched:

<paste>
Licensing

   URL Filter is free for home users, for a single PC.

   For business users, or home users with multiple PCs to protect, the
   cost is $US1 per PC, with a minimum purchase of $5.

   Try it / Buy it...
</paste>

Thanks,


Ron DuFresne

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Gregory A. Gilliss wrote:

> Well his post gives me some pause...since this is a "shareware" product
> (the poster is out to make some $$$ for themselves) I wonder that it doesn't
> count as a commercial solicitation. Besides that, AFAIK the URL filter
> is not available in source code format (for peer review). IN short, I'd
> say that this is about as far from "full disclosure" as you can get,
> albeit that it does appear to address the vulnerability...
>
> G
>
> On or about 2003.12.16 16:31:54 +0000, Frank Hagenson (fulldisclosure () hagenson com) said:
>
> > A fix for this vulnerability is available at my website:
> > http://www.abracadabrasolutions.com/UrlFilter.htm
> >
> > Regards,
> > Frank Hagenson.
>
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