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Category Archives: Hall of Shame

There’s a Hole in the Firewall, Dear Liza

28-Nov-06

I think that this icon says a lot about the WatchGuard Firebox..

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Hey IBM, it’s 2006!

15-Nov-06

If you’ve ever downloaded a SCSI or RAID driver for an IBM server from the IBM web site, you’ll have probably come across the DOS based executable (yes it’s a 16bit executable) that unpacks the driver to a floppy disk for you. This thing makes you wade through 15 screens of license agreement and then [...]

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Esker Tun PLUS Requires Administrative Access

25-Aug-06

Today’s entrant into the Hall of Shame is Esker Tun PLUS which can be used to provide an ActiveX based terminal emulator via the web. This product downloads no less than 11 ActiveX controls and then wants the user to run an application named TRUST.EXE from a page that has the following text:
You are attempting [...]

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Symantec Gateway Security 1600 and Sun Java

18-Jul-06

More fun with consoles developed in Java. Check out the administration tool for Symantecs’ Gateway Security 1600 appliance - 100% CPU usage just to display the logon dialog then 100Mb of RAM just after opening the console:

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