Does the clever and nimble Ilfak Guilfanov accept Paypal tributes for WMF patch ?
The gaping hole in Windows WMF whereby simply viewing a website or a
banner ad appearing on same could allow one's Windows computer to be
completely compromised has been patched by a super-programmer.

The Ilfak patch is by his own words a temporary and unofficial patch
pending a Microsoft solution but it is a SANS-vetted hotfix for a very
very hot problem.

See SANS http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=999
or SANS at http://www.sans.org

Does Ilfak Guilfanov accept Paypal tributes for his handiwork?
Please provide a link.

Hi grthumongous...

Ilfak is happily employed at DataRescue.com, and it's
not unusual for such professionals to make these sorts
of contributions to the networking public out of the
goodness of their hearts.

He has not yet published a Paypal account link, as shown
by this post by Christian Charles on the very blog in
which he shares the fix:

"Thanks for all your work providing these tools. I second
 the motion that you put a PayPal button on your site."
http://www.hexblog.com/2006/01/wmf_vulnerability_checker.html


You can, however, email him at the DataRescue site and
perhaps he'll share a Paypal link with you. At the least,
you'll be able to let him know how valuable you found his
work to be.

"Mr Guilfanov (11/12/66) graduated from Moscow State
 University in 1987. He holds a B Sc. in Mathematics.
 He is an experienced AIX Support Engineer and was a
 frequent lecturer on AIX for IBM Russia. Mr Guilfanov
 is also IDA Pro's main developer. Mr Guilfanov now
 lives in Belgium and can be reached at ig@datarescue.com "
http://www.datarescue.com/ilfak.htm


Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that  
the answer cannot be improved upon by way of a dialog  
established through the "Request for Clarification" process. 

sublime1-ga


Searches done, via Google:

"Ilfak Guilfanov"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ilfak+Guilfanov%22

"Ilfak Guilfanov" paypal
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ilfak+Guilfanov%22+paypal

thanks sublime1.

grthumongous...

Thanks very much for the rating and the tip!

sublime1-ga

Hi grthumongous...

Ilfak has updated his blog now that the fix is available
from Microsoft. He addresses the question of donations:

"P.P.S. Some of you very kindly suggested to send me a donation.
 If you really wish to donate something, consider the charity of
 your choice, thank you!"
http://www.hexblog.com/index.html

sublime1-ga