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FYI…
- http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-5618949.ht…g=st.util.print
March 15, 2005
"According to assistant professor Emin Gun Sirer, the flaw could allow an intruder to read any file on the hard drive of a person running LimeWire, whether or not it has been deliberately shared with others using the software. LimeWire Chief Technology Officer Greg Bildson said the Cornell team notified the company of the flaw several weeks ago, and that the software has already been updated and a patch released to users. Any consumers who have not already updated their software should do so as soon as they come online, he added. "Thankfully, we have no reports of any abuse of these flaws, and we were able to make fixes available quickly," Bildson wrote. "The Cornell researchers have shown again that open-source development is a benefit to finding and fixing these types of flaws." File-sharing software has been castigated by entertainment companies and politicians for creating security risks for consumers, but typically through ordinary use of the software rather than due to genuine flaws…According to Download.com…LimeWire has been downloaded more than 42 million times."
- http://www.limewire.com/english/content/support.shtml
Version 4.8.1 Out Now
>>> http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml
- http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-5618949.ht…g=st.util.print
March 15, 2005
"According to assistant professor Emin Gun Sirer, the flaw could allow an intruder to read any file on the hard drive of a person running LimeWire, whether or not it has been deliberately shared with others using the software. LimeWire Chief Technology Officer Greg Bildson said the Cornell team notified the company of the flaw several weeks ago, and that the software has already been updated and a patch released to users. Any consumers who have not already updated their software should do so as soon as they come online, he added. "Thankfully, we have no reports of any abuse of these flaws, and we were able to make fixes available quickly," Bildson wrote. "The Cornell researchers have shown again that open-source development is a benefit to finding and fixing these types of flaws." File-sharing software has been castigated by entertainment companies and politicians for creating security risks for consumers, but typically through ordinary use of the software rather than due to genuine flaws…According to Download.com…LimeWire has been downloaded more than 42 million times."
- http://www.limewire.com/english/content/support.shtml
Version 4.8.1 Out Now
>>> http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml
