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Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken
From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor () hammerofgod com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:20:39 +0000
I don't think anyone actually believed this; It sounded more like Joro was trolling on behalf of the blog monkeys :) It really does make me wonder if the publish-whatever-we-see-posted-elsewhere-while-abandoning-journalistic-integrity-to-drive-ad-clicks model is actually working for these people. I suppose it must be, otherwise these guys wouldn't be selling off little pieces of their soul with each article. t From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Dan Kaminsky Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 3:09 PM To: Georgi Guninski Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Recent claims that windows update is broken On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com<mailto:guninski () guninski com>> wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/07/diginotar_hacker_proof/ "I'm able to issue windows update," he [Comodohacker] wrote. "Microsoft's statement about Windows Update and that I can't issue such update is totally false!" The original Comodohacker statement is at: http://pastebin.com/85WV10EL Is this true? For the record, no. Windows Update doesn't just depend on WinVerifyTrust, it also calls CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy with the CERT_CHAIN_POLICY_MICROSOFT_ROOT flag, documented here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa377163(v=vs.85).aspx -- joro _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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Current thread:
- Recent claims that windows update is broken Georgi Guninski (Sep 08)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Thor (Hammer of God) (Sep 08)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Dan Kaminsky (Sep 09)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Thor (Hammer of God) (Sep 09)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken 夜神 岩男 (Sep 09)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Georgi Guninski (Sep 10)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Dan Kaminsky (Sep 10)
- Re: Recent claims that windows update is broken Thor (Hammer of God) (Sep 09)