State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe 530
linuxkrn writes "The State of Colorado's Office of Technology (OIT) has set up a work skills website. The problem is that the site says 'DO NOT use FIREFOX or other Browsers besides IE. It has been decided that Mozilla based, non-IE browsers pose a security risk.' (Original emphasis from site.) If the leading IT agency for the State is making these uneducated claims, should the people worry about their other decisions?"
Attention all personnel (Score:2, Funny)
The Education Property has been increased to 128 characters due to popular demand.
That is all.
What do you expect... (Score:5, Funny)
The Education Property has been increased to 128 characters due to popular demand. Thanks for your patience.
Re:That's just bad (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they're not morons, maybe it's just that the entire state is on the cutting edge of the latest trolling fads? Like, it's so good at trolling that I can't think of how the joke is on everyone, so...
My head hurts, colorado wins again...
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
I tried to leave a comment :
Server Error in '/SKILLS' Application.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
Skills.Suggestion.doTheSend() in C:\Documents and Settings\qeuc34\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Skills\Skills\Suggestion.aspx.vb:137
Skills.Suggestion.sendEmailLink_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\qeuc34\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Skills\Skills\Suggestion.aspx.vb:127
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnClick(EventArgs e) +90
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +76
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +177
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1746
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.1433; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1433
LOL ?!?
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
EDUCATION:
I got a B.S. in computer science at Crazy Go Nuts University, and learned about security, including browsers. And let me tell y
Who's on first? (Score:5, Funny)
Head asplodes.
Re:That's just bad (Score:4, Funny)
The Decider (Score:2, Funny)
He decided.
Re:Nice quote (Score:2, Funny)
From the site (Score:5, Funny)
"Questions and Answers"
"Can I use Firefox or another Browser?"
"No! For security reasons, and some significant processing issues as well, the only supported Browser is Internet Explorer Release 6 or later."
"What if I have a Skill that isn't listed?"
"The "Suggestion" tool enables you to communicate directly with the Administrators. We will research your proposed Skill with your input and agreement."
I'd like to learn how to make web pages. Think I might see if I can tap these guys expertise. Anyone else fancy coming along?
Re:That's just bad (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's just bad (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Their FAQ page... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:If I were from colorado.. (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously the correct approach is to send them a link to a special web page that will infect their computer if using IE. Once you've taken over their computer, you can use it to change their policies to supporting Firefox.
Re:"It has been decided" (Score:3, Funny)
I'm despairing, all right.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Skills.Suggestion.doTheSend()
Priceless. 'send()' would have been a boring name for that function.
First Hosea wins Top Chef instead of an actual chef, and now this.
I hate Colorado now.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:1, Funny)
And sometimes striving
Wondering
What the dumple is
Excellence
And what is valor?
And The Cheat
Will hit stuff with a golf club
C-G-N-U! [youtube.com]
Re:That's just bad (Score:3, Funny)
This is from the site headers:
I love how they have the office web server extensions enabled. Ouch.
Re:What do you expect... (Score:5, Funny)
Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:PEBKAC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's just bad (Score:2, Funny)
The error message says it all: "Server Error in '/SKILLS' Application." It seems, from the way the site is designed to how functional it is that the error in the '/SKILLS' Application is that they do not have any.
Re:If I were from colorado.. (Score:4, Funny)
That's just in IE6. Better security that way.
Re:"It has been decided" (Score:3, Funny)
Quite possibly. The state's IT infrastructure seems to come from that general time frame.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Look on the bright side, at least it's spelled right. I'd rather have doTheSend() than excetute(), which some kind soul helpfully made an abstract in one of our base classes, and that has since been propagated across a few hundred other classes that I'm not allowed to refactor. A little piece of me dies every time I see it.
At least I sort of know who did it, thanks to cvs history. And if I ever figure out who the hell ers4634 is, they'll truly know what it means to be excetuted. Bastard.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:4, Funny)
Well, seeing as its stack trace says *vb instead of *cs, I'm guessing it's VB.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Skills.Suggestion.doTheSend()
Priceless. 'send()' would have been a boring name for that function.
This is because it's already in use. Just like 'doSend()'. And what do you do when you just happen to need a third 'send()' function?
Re:That's just bad (Score:4, Funny)
In other, completely unrelated news, Microsoft announced today that they are opening a new software development center in Colorado.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
.SendThatBitch() /*if only my bosses ever bothered to read my code comments! They wouldn't be able to keep a straight face while firing me*/
Re:That's just bad (Score:4, Funny)
That's simple? Here's _simple_! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh yay, another great example of providing a technically correct, but thoroughly misleading answer. "To answer these questions, we must learn about light, and the Earth's atmosphere." No, you mustn't. Ok, you need to learn one thing: "the sky is blue because air is blue [amasci.com]" (from Recurring Science Misconceptions in K-6 Textbooks [amasci.com]). All that crap about Rayleigh scattering and frequencies of light is...well, it's true but it's generally beside the point.
Q. Why is my shirt red?
A1. (bad) To answer these questions, we must learn about light, and how photons are absorbed or reflected by different materials, and how the cones of the eye convert photons into neural impulses....
A2. (good) because it was dyed red.
Granted, all that other stuff can be interesting too, but to claim that you're providing the simple explanation is just ridiculous.
(At least it's not as bad as the standard explanation of an airfoil, which is simply wrong.)
Re:If I were from colorado.. (Score:3, Funny)
Try mailing them colorado . nimp . org
(link broken for reasons you either already know, or don't want to)
Re:That's just bad (Score:4, Funny)
"But I don't even have a computer.
Very smart indeed (Score:2, Funny)
1. Make a web site. ...
2. Claim Firefox is insecure while IE is.
3. Get yourself noticed on Slashdot.
4
5. Profit?
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:2, Funny)
VB.NET is equally as powerful as C#. You're comment shows your ignorance
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
doTheSend()... that is amusing. I think it is even funnier that they left the code in:
C:\Documents and Settings\qeuc34\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Skills\
So..I guess they could only afford one copy of Visual Studio, and it is....on the server..../boggle
And production code running from "My Documents" haha.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
they'll truly know what it means to be excetuted. Bastart.
Broke That For You.
Re:Message from the State Chief Information Office (Score:1, Funny)
Whew, that's a relief! I was afraid that Jerry Taylor moved from Tuttle and got a job in Denver.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
This is why they told you not to use Mozilla. It poses a security risk for the site... look, you went and disobeyed the directions and broke it!
All because you were using Mozilla instead of IE!
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Wait... what?
Re:Message from the State Chief Information Office (Score:1, Funny)
Speaking as someone with first hand experience with Time Warner Cable's "customer-service delivery systems", this whole story does not surprise me in the least.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
And if I ever figure out who the hell ers4634 is, they'll truly know what it means to be excetuted.
Good luck with that. I mean, he could be anyone. ;)
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Server Error in '/SKILLS' Application.
That may be the most astute error message I've ever read.
Re:Attention all personnel (Score:5, Funny)
Nah, go all the way. inUrMethodSendinUrMessage() or bust.
Re:That's just bad (Score:3, Funny)
No, you really should not do that.
Sheesh...
No, we only condone DoS attacks here at Slashdot.