Re: Disturbing news..

[Alexander Viro]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Shawn Starr wrote:

> 
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5329436.html?tag=lh
> 
> Isn't it time to change the ELF format to stop this crap?

<shrug> If you run untrusted binaries - you are screwed.  If you run
them as root - all users on your system are screwed.  If your MUA
(or browser, etc.) can run untrusted code - see above.  If you have
a dual-boot system and one of the OSes is compromised - all of them
are.  Nothing to do about that.  What's new here?  Don't be an idiot 
nd don't use crapware...

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