Messages in this thread | | | From | "Etienne Lorrain" <> | Date | Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:27:35 +0001 | Subject | Re: 5 business advantages of Linux Kernel |
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> Leam Hall <gershom@bloated.com>: > I would like your opinions on the 5 most desireable business advantages > of the Linux Kernel for an upcoming book.
I still wonder: Could someone selling you the package "editor + mail reader + WWW browser + operating system + network stack + firewall" put a backdoor in your computer(s) to:
- remote control or remote crash it, or generate malfuctions, on all the computer of a temporary unfriendly company.
- redirect temporary save of your documents onto the network instead of the local disk (an infortunate bug, the destination I.P. been a random computer in whatever unknown country) if: - the document contains words: patent, shares, $<number> with <number> greater than 100,000 - the mail reader identifies the owner as a "director of something" - the internet browser shown that more then 100 Kbytes are tranfered every day, mostly using WWW - so the unfortunate bug encapsulate data onto valid HTTP requests. - There is only one operating system on the computer, and nobody is watching the network (Winmodem?) - add whatever you want there, pgp-crypt if you want.
- redirect some mail - unfortunate bugs in the mailservers...
I also still wonder why there is no more new viruses on the market - what are the old virus programmer doing and where are they ? It should be quite easy to attack a system which is completly standardized.
Ok, I am looking too many science fiction films, security is not a problem and has never been a feature.
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