Messages in this thread | | | From | "Martin Eriksson" <> | Subject | Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now | Date | Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:40:14 +0100 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Helge Hafting" <helgehaf@idb.hist.no> To: "Florian Weimer" <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now
> On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 09:35:43AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > [...] > > That's not necessarily true. Most people cannot circumvent even basic > > obstacles when it comes to computers, and both industry and > > legislative might be content with that. > > Don't be too sure about that. If a "few" knows how to circumvent, > they'll release circumvention kits that anybody can use. > > Few people can use a new buffer overflow exploit, much > more can use a rootkit.
Well, even if those who uses a rootkit are many more than those who knows how to use a buffer exploit, that doesn't mean they represent more than 5% of all computer users.
My stepfather just recently figured out that you can actually DRAG a window around the desktop. I don't think he will be using a rootkit in some time, and I am pretty sure he don't know anyting about SSSCA, nor will he, nor will he be able to understand if I told him.
(btw. I might very well be ~69.5% off topic now, as I missed some of the conversation)
_____________________________________________________ | Martin Eriksson <nitrax@giron.wox.org> | MSc CSE student, department of Computing Science | Umeå University, Sweden
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