One Big Monster Ie Patch Day

[Meehowski]

Please read!!

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3298251

[HolyMoly]

Quite interesting. While browsing, I tend to use Netscape most of the time and would not be vulnerable. But, one sentence in that article troubles me:

The flaw in the H.323 protocol has also put users of VoIP products from Cisco and Hewlett Packard at risk.

As a user of Vonage.com VoIP telephone service ... and assuming that Vonage uses either Cisco or HP hardware in their scenario ... that could put my telephone service (and the services to other Vonage users) at risk of disruption or compromise. I hope this situation is resolved quickly.

[Shawn]

Thanks Meehowski

[HolyMoly]

FWIW, I wrote to Vonage asking them about this problem to see if they're concerned with it disrupting service.

[rainbowdemon]

That' one reason I use Firebird.

[HolyMoly]

That' one reason I use Firebird.

I've downloaded Firebird and may try it out. But, I'd kinda like to wait for the version 1 to come out. To my knowledge, only a "preview" version is out now. On your system, how well does it work with plugins, cookies and such?

[HolyMoly]

The following was sent to me by Vonage.com in reference to the vulnerability mentioned earlier:

Thank you for contacting Vonage.  I apologize for any delay in our

response to you.

This does not concern Vonage because we do not use the H.323 protocol. 

Vonage uses Session Initiation Protocol for our services.

If you have any more questions, feel free to contact us again.

Phew ... one less thing to worry about.