[66871] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robin Lynn Frank)
Wed Jan 28 13:56:21 2004
From: Robin Lynn Frank <rlfrank@paradigm-omega.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:55:33 -0800
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0401281131300.1943-100000@ordinaryworld.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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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