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Article #757Re: Future OS virus immunity.
From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:23
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:23
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kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes: >Viruses aren't a real problem in any system that has memory protection and >any way to prevent users from directly writing into system space. In such >a system, a user would be able to destroy his own area, but wouldn't be >able to touch the OS. Unless a virus is run by a privileged user, or the virus uses some loophole in the system, or an infected program is installed with some privileges or....etc. No operating system can be 100% proof against stupidity. -- -- Fridrik Skulason Frisk Software International phone: +354-1-694749 Author of F-PROT E-mail: frisk@complex.is fax: +354-1-28801
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!enterpoop.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!kth.se!sunic!isgate!complex!frisk From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity. Message-ID: <183@complex.complex.is> Date: 31 Dec 92 15:23:27 GMT References: <eronald.725752239@ruble> <1hv07gINN3mn@rave.larc.nasa.gov> Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland Lines: 18