LostInSpace Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 ZDnet: The data protection feature in Microsoft Word and Excel documents has a major flaw that could allow snoopers to decode password-protected files, a security researcher has warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamotto Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Not surprising, there has never been a secure version of Word or Excel, password breakers exist for every version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee_101 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Office isn't the only thing that has never been secure. Most Microsoft products, including Windows, are pretty easily broken into. Windows has about 45% of hackers working on it, but the other products, including netmeeting and others, are just poorly secured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamotto Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 It is not really limited to Microsoft products. Many other companies have produced software with weak encryption/security as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee_101 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Very true. The probems wouldn't be so bad if so many programmers weren't so lazy when it comes to making sure that their code is secure. Most of the time, vulnerabilities are caused by buffer overflows, which can be minimized by writing proper code to counter a buffer overflow. Granted, I personally hate making sure my code is secure, but I have teachers here at school who will give us an automatic 'F' if they can quickly and easily break our code. It is just a necessity in today's corporate world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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