[il-talk] [guy-talk] does anyone know about this

Wed Apr 30 19:43:10 UTC 2014

I do apologize but the majority has spoken on this one. It is not open for debate. Please pick a new topic

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Apr 30, 2014, at 1:22 PM, "Dianna" <dianna24 at earthlink.net> wrote:

I agree that this item should be here because not everyone can just join
every email list the nfb has to offer, but certainly need to know about this
issue.  I don't think it impacts people without vision per say any more than
anyone else because most other browsers now work fine with speech.  People
just sometimes do not wish to change their routine and do at least need to
be told so that can make an informed choice about whether to continue using
internet explorer or go to another browser.  I don't think just any computer
issue should be posted.

-----Original Message-----
From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gregory D.
Rosenberg
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:15 PM
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
Subject: Re: [il-talk] [guy-talk] does anyone know about this

Patti,

Although I agree this is a computer issue. This is also one of the most
serious security issues we have had with IE in the past five years. I know
that many blind people (at least ones I know) make use of IE heavily as
their primary browser. Since it is pretty critical to not use IE because of
the high security risk I felt this one breach of the lists AUP would have
been welcomed. If not, I apologize and will not post such items in the
future.

> On Apr 29, 2014, at 08:37 CDT, pattischang at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I received numerous complaints last year about off-topic issues. In
response we did the survey. The survey clearly indicated that the majority
of people responding did not want issues that are not directly related to
blindness or achievements a blind people. Since Nfb provides blisters which
do deal with computer issues to assist, I am accommodating the majority of
our members.
> 
> 
> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
> NFBI President
> NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 29, 2014, at 9:17 AM, "Dianna" <dianna24 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I know you are the president of this state but I do not understand your
reasoning for this since we are here to help each other.  This computer
issue affects us all and we all do not have each other's email and frankly I
do not wish to have everyone's email.   However, I think if we are going to
post computer issues we should stick to the facts of the issue such as
Microsoft saying people should use other browsers while the issue is being
worked on because what impact this issue may have on one blind person may
not be the same for another and that goes into opinion stating not facts
that can be proven.  Microsoft's opinion can be stated because they own the
product and the rights their too.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
pattischang at gmail.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8:05 AM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Cc: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] [gui-talk] does anyone know about this
> 
> Can we please move computer discussions off our Illinois listserv and into
private emails or computer listservs?  Thank you very much.
> 
> 
> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
> NFBI President
> NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 28, 2014, at 10:34 PM, "Gregory D. Rosenberg" <gregg at ricis.com>
wrote:
> 
> Rob,
> 
> 1) In layman's terms. Stop using Internet Explorer and switch to Chrome,
Firefox, or Safari.
> 
> Researchers at security company FireEye have found a flaw in Internet
Explorer that could let hackers easily slip a virus on to your computer.
This also opens the doors for criminals. 
> 
> This flaw is present in every version of Internet Explorer stretching back
more than a decade. Version 6.0 through the latest IE incarnation. The
Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable on all versions of Windows.
> 
> The bug is a drive-by hack; all you have to do is visit a website that
hackers have hijacked or modified and you're infected.
> 
> There is no permanent fix and Microsoft is still researching the problem.
Microsoft advises using another browser until they fix this issue. 
> 
> This will potentially be a serious impact for those with no vision at all.
If they have to learn their way around a different browser.
> 
> 2) For those more technical.
> 
> US-CERT is aware of active exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability
in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This vulnerability affects IE versions 6
through 11 and could allow unauthorized remote code execution.
> US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review Microsoft Security
Advisory 2963983 for mitigation actions and workarounds. Those who cannot
follow Microsoft's recommendations, such as Windows XP users, may consider
employing an alternate browser.
> For more details, please see VU#222929.
> 
> 3) For further reading:
> 
> 
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/04/26/microsoft-releases-securi
ty-advisory.aspx
> 
> 
http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/us-cert-and-kb-2963983-dont-use
-drive-enabled-internet-explorer-241467
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 28, 2014, at 20:53 CDT, Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I just heard on the news that there is a security issue with internet
explorer. 
>> 
>> I heard that Microsoft is advising that people use a differnet different
web browser. 
>> 
>> Does anyone know the particulars on this?
>> 
>> Thanks. 
>> 
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back. 

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Gregory D. Rosenberg AB9MZ
gregg at ricis.com

RICIS, Inc.
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