RE: [WEB SECURITY] Fundamental error in Corsaire's paper?

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:01:34 +0200, "Amit Klein (AKsecurity)"
<aksecurity_at_hotpop.com> said:
> On 28 Apr 2006 at 17:50, Martin O'Neal wrote:
>
> >
> > > Hmmmm... - not too common, so it seems.
> >
> > Well, MS often tend to be the spanner in the ointment when it comes to
> > standards compliance, but even if you accept all of those MS vagaries,
> > this is still counter evidence to the blanket "There is no such thing as
> > path security" statement. Granted, the practical worth of it today
> > (with the browser issues in evidence) is limited. ;)
> >
>
> OK, if that's the counter example, I can live with it ;-)
>

What is the final verdict, the original topic of this thread?
The Corsaire article - is there a fundamental error in the
recommendation part of it?

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