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SubjectRe: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by life in prison
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Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no> writes:

> .. but at least fixes appear a lot faster for linux. That alone
> don't usually leave enough timespan for a large-scale exploit.

I wouldn't count on time, regardless of the OS. How about 15 minutes
to infect all vulnerable hosts on the Internet? See:

<http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/warhol.html>

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Manfred Bartz
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