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Breaking localhost network functionality is an impressive achievement.

Pushing that breakage out undetected in a general availability update of your current mainstream OS is even more impressive.

But the real WTF is why it was even possible in the first place. Quoting The Register's coverage:

> The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys,
> the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic.

"the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic" is a phrase that has no reason to exist in the English language. I can only imagine how many security vulnerabilities having HTTP/2 in the kernel makes possible.

#Windows #security #breakage #broken #localhost #networking #Windows11 #Microsoft #qwality #QualityWeveHeardOfIt #WeveHeardOfIt #HTTP #kernel

Breaking localhost network functionality is an impressive achievement.

Pushing that breakage out undetected in a general availability update of your current mainstream OS is even more impressive.

But the real WTF is why it was even possible in the first place. Quoting The Register's coverage:

> The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys,
> the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic.

"the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic" is a phrase that has no reason to exist in the English language. I can only imagine how many security vulnerabilities having HTTP/2 in the kernel makes possible.

#Windows #security #breakage #broken #localhost #networking #Windows11 #Microsoft #qwality #QualityWeveHeardOfIt #WeveHeardOfIt #HTTP #kernel

Breaking localhost network functionality is an impressive achievement.

Pushing that breakage out undetected in a general availability update of your current mainstream OS is even more impressive.

But the real WTF is why it was even possible in the first place. Quoting The Register's coverage:

> The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys,
> the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic.

"the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic" is a phrase that has no reason to exist in the English language. I can only imagine how many security vulnerabilities having HTTP/2 in the kernel makes possible.

#Windows #security #breakage #broken #localhost #networking #Windows11 #Microsoft #qwality #QualityWeveHeardOfIt #WeveHeardOfIt #HTTP #kernel

Breaking localhost network functionality is an impressive achievement.

Pushing that breakage out undetected in a general availability update of your current mainstream OS is even more impressive.

But the real WTF is why it was even possible in the first place. Quoting The Register's coverage:

> The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys,
> the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic.

"the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic" is a phrase that has no reason to exist in the English language. I can only imagine how many security vulnerabilities having HTTP/2 in the kernel makes possible.

#Windows #security #breakage #broken #localhost #networking #Windows11 #Microsoft #qwality #QualityWeveHeardOfIt #WeveHeardOfIt #HTTP #kernel

Breaking localhost network functionality is an impressive achievement.

Pushing that breakage out undetected in a general availability update of your current mainstream OS is even more impressive.

But the real WTF is why it was even possible in the first place. Quoting The Register's coverage:

> The bug, introduced in build 26100.6899, has been traced to HTTP.sys,
> the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic.

"the Windows kernel component that handles local HTTP traffic" is a phrase that has no reason to exist in the English language. I can only imagine how many security vulnerabilities having HTTP/2 in the kernel makes possible.

#Windows #security #breakage #broken #localhost #networking #Windows11 #Microsoft #qwality #QualityWeveHeardOfIt #WeveHeardOfIt #HTTP #kernel