[66898] 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 (Alexei Roudnev)
Thu Jan 29 02:19:03 2004
From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex@relcom.net>
To: "Robin Lynn Frank" <rlfrank@paradigm-omega.com>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:19:09 -0800
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> 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.
This is problem #1. Unfortunately, Windose is too complex and have too much
legacy, so everyone must run as a administrator (try to install Visio
without admin privileges...).
Problem #2 - using extentions to select an application - may be, it's a very
good idea, but it complicates virus (worm) problem.
Problemm #3 - Monoculture.
