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New mimail variant
Posted by The man who knew too much on November 14th, 2003


ilmc wrote:


this is the reason why all windows users need to dump windows & install
linux.
windows will NEVER be a secure operating system.

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Windows is a secure operating system, under two conditions:
1. if you do not connect the machine to the Internet
2. do not let anyone near the machine with a floppy or a CD for
five unattended minutes.

Posted by ilmc on November 14th, 2003


http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33994.html

Posted by ilmc on November 14th, 2003


The man who knew too much wrote:
FOADT

Posted by why? on November 14th, 2003



On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:43:18 -0000, ilmc wrote:

Quite right Linux has had it fair share of patches as well. Then there
are the interesting stories like

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33855.html
Linux kernel backdoor blocked
Posted: 07/11/2003 at 13:05 GMT
.... The backdoor was a two-line addition to a development copy of the
Linux kernel's source code, carefully crafted to look like a harmless
error-checking feature ...

Me

Posted by ilmc on November 14th, 2003


why? wrote:
We live in interesting times.
*eg*


Posted by M Mullen on November 15th, 2003


On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:54:06 -0000, "ilmc" <ian@collings.dabsol.co.uk> wrote:

|> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33994.html

If that spreads as a worm (they didn't say). Someone stands to make some big
bucks.
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