On Fri, 05 May 2000, Paul Greene wrote:
These virus outbreaks are getting to be a major pain in
disconnected their e-mail servers for about the last 24 hours in order to keep from getting infected with "ILOVEYOU"; maybe the
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From: Nick Zentena
benefit of these outbreaks will be that Microsoft will be forced to tighten things up in their own technical design?
IMHO that would only be half the problem. The issue is bio-diversity [what do you call that in the computer world?] or more correctly lack of it. If you write a virus/whatever targeted at Windows you know that your virus will have a pretty good chance with 90+% of the world running some version of Windows.
If the world is so dependent on one system [no matter what system that includes linux] big nasty things will happen. We would all get pretty upset if every car built used the same lock with the same key. But luckily they don't so it's a little harder for the bad guys.
Good point, bad example, there are only a few different Keys for cars. For some it's as low as 12 for a particular model IIRC. I think they also shuffle the 2 keys to increase the combinations. For fun try your keys on other cars of the same make and model. It reminds me a bit of when I locked the keys in a rental and the guy opened every rental car on the lot rather than wait for me to get out and show him the right car. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/