> Am I the only person left on earth who finds "self-extracting" bundles
> to be a menace to security? --Perry]
No. On the other hand, considering that your typical Windows user will push
a button marked "Push this button now to erase all the files on your disk",
it's a relatively small part of a much larger problem.
> "Shouldn't be rocket science." Huh? How do you make a single application
> that launches on Windows, Mac, and Unix? (Sorry, java doesn't count.)
I have one here. It's called Netscape. I hear you can even use it to
download password protected files via an encrypted channel when someone sends
you a short e-mail message containing the URL of the file.
Regards,
John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
Finger for PGP key, f'print = 3A 5B D0 3F D9 A0 6A A4 2D AC 1E 9E A6 36 A3 47
PS: Who was it who said that for any complex problem there is an answer that
is simple, straightforward, and wrong?
