Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today

Robin Lynn Frank rlfrank at paradigm-omega.com
Wed Jan 28 18:55:33 UTC 2004


On Wednesday 28 January 2004 08:37, Dave Temkin  wrote:
> So?  Had the virii been an application compiled for RedHat and
> everyone ran RedHat instead of Windows and they downloaded it using
> Evolution and double clicked on it, it would suddenly be RH's fault
> instead of MIcrosoft's?

If RedHat, by default had you running as root rather than an unprivledged 
user, it sure would be.

Most Windows boxes are running with administrative privledges.  That makes 
Windows a willing accomplice.  The issue isn't that people click on 
attachments, but that there are no built in safeguards from what happens 
next.

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