From: "Robert Comer" 

They made plenty of mistakes in .NET, of that there is no doubt, but I
think it's a step in the right direction.

- Bob Comer


"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:s5mj815pem0h8nnalftr6hlshpo3jfpcet{at}4ax.com...
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:41:06 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>Actually there's some new facilities in .NET to make things more secure.
>>(by
>>a good margin.)  Now to get programmers to actually use them...
>
>  .. And to really get programs right that use View State is not
> straightforward - See the example Microsoft got wrong
>
>  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/11/ms_gatekeeper_test_fiasco/
>
>  While not insecure from the classical 'break in and own the machine'
> viewpoint, the app was worse than useless because it allows the user to
> manipulate the results.
>

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