| Tobias DiPasquale on Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:01:53 -0500 |
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On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 11:20, Michael Leone wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 08:37, Arthur S. Alexion wrote: > > > > Is the real reason *nix is relatively spared virus problems practical > > rather than technical? > > What about Win2000, then? It's security model tries to come close to a > Unix model, with user accounts deliberately kept separate from the > "root" user. Unfortunately, you still need to have Administrator privileges to do anything worthwhile on Win2K, as well as Win.NET Server/XP. You cannot install any programs (since InstallShield just *HAS* to screw with the Registry), nor change any system-wide environment variables nor start any service without having administrator priviledges. In UNIX, none of these are true, since I can install StarOffice or XMMS or any other app in my home directory if I feel like it. Those ACL schema in Win2K are a good idea, but Microsoft misimplemented them and they are going to waste. > > I feel that even my windows computer is safer than most since I don't have > > Outlook installed. I've lost count of the times a virus has infected a > > list to which I subscribe, only to find that nothing happens to my system > > running either Eudora or Pegasus (with all the Outlook features turned off). > > Well, doesn't Eudora use the underlying IE HTML engine to display HTML > messages, and therefore is still (somewhat) susceptible to the > HTML-based viruses?. I think Pegasus *can*, but does not have to, make > use of IE to display HTML email. It's not the HTML engine that needs attention. It's the fully-scripted environment that is causing all the trouble. Remove VBA from Office apps and most of these viruses disappear. > And the newer viruses come with their own SMTP engines these days, > meaning that Outlook is not required. Which viruses are these? I worked at an anti-virus company and I never saw one of these... names would be appreciated. > -- > > PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF > PGP public key: > <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> > > The secret of flying is simple: Throw yourself at the ground and miss. -- << T o b i a s D i P a s q u a l e >> anany@ece.villanova.edu | tdipas01@villanova.edu | toby@khenry.com Of course, in order to partially emulate an ASR-33, you could perhaps connect an IBM selectric up to your computer while running a looped recording of gunfight and an idling 58 chevy with one blown piston. For the final touch, you could replace the room's light switch with a dimmer switch and wiggle it back and forth whenever you are printing something out. -- Anonymous Coward, SlashDot, commenting about Caldera's release of some original UNIX sources Attachment:
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