[42050] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape Logic Bomb detailed by IETF
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Mon Oct 23 16:46:02 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:15:25 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <9510231413.AA26514@all.net> from "Dr. Frederick B. Cohen" at Oct 23, 95 10:13:36 am
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Dr. Frederick B. Cohen writes:
> If Netscape wants to claim their product doesn't degrade security, they
> should provide a safe postscript interpreter or not provide hooks to
> unsafe ones.
By the same logic, it might be claimed: "If Netscape wants to claim their
product doesn't degrade security, they should provide a safe Internet or not
provide access to unsafe Internet sites."
I disagree. And yes, I'm arguing in my spare time.
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
