On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 08:02:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Kjetil writes: > > Scenario: A perl script deleting all the files in the homedir of > > infected users, spreading to all the contacts that is in user's > > addressbooks. This would likely include all the homedirs of all the > > users in an organization... > > Unless the admins were sensible and had mounted /home noexec on all > company machines.
What's the point of noexec? You can say '/lib/ld-linux.so.2 myprogram' even if it isn't a script that you can just run using the scripting language's interpreter. > BTW what Linux email software allows users to run executable > attachments by clicking on them? I thought mh used to, once upon a time (although if I'm even remembering the right program at all this has long been fixed). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
