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To: aek2000 who wrote (13129)	4/14/2000 9:30:00 AM
From: BRANDYBGOOD	Respond to of 35685

(COMTEX) A: Secret Code in Microsoft Software A: Secret Code in Microsoft Software NEW YORK, Apr 14, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. engineers included a secret password in Internet software that could be used to gain illegal access to hundreds of thousands of Web sites, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The rogue computer code was discovered in a three-year-old piece of software by two security experts, the newspaper said. Contained within the code is a derisive comment aimed at a Microsoft rival: ``Netscape engineers are weenies!' Steve Lipner, who manages the company's security-response center, described such a backdoor password as ``absolutely against our policy' and a firing offense for the as-yet unidentified employees. There have been no reports of site access through the code, but the affected software is believed to be used by many Web sites. The file, called ``dvwssr.dll' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with Frontpage 98 extensions. A hacker may be able to gain access to key Web site management files, which could in turn provide a road map to such things as customer credit card numbers, The Journal reported. (COMTEX) A: Secret Code in Microsoft Software A: Secret Code in Microsoft Software NEW YORK, Apr 14, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. engineers included a secret password in Internet software that could be used to gain illegal access to hundreds of thousands of Web sites, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The rogue computer code was discovered in a three-year-old piece of software by two security experts, the newspaper said. Contained within the code is a derisive comment aimed at a Microsoft rival: ``Netscape engineers are weenies!' Steve Lipner, who manages the company's security-response center, described such a backdoor password as ``absolutely against our policy' and a firing offense for the as-yet unidentified employees. There have been no reports of site access through the code, but the affected software is believed to be used by many Web sites. The file, called ``dvwssr.dll' is installed on Microsoft's Internet-server software with Frontpage 98 extensions. A hacker may be able to gain access to key Web site management files, which could in turn provide a road map to such things as customer credit card numbers, The Journal reported. Microsoft urged customers to delete the file and planned to warn customers with an e-mail bulletin and an advisory published on its corporate Web site. ------ On the Net: microsoft.com Copyright 2000 Associated Press, All rights reserved.