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Aron S. Spencer <aspencer@nando.net> wrote:
>Sigh... Some people just don't get it. The short version: buttons are
>very simple to automate. The longer version:

>   1) The RW collects information about the system it is installed on.
>   2) This information can be sent to MSN by the RW.
>   3) It would be really easy to hack:
>      a) the registration flags that tell RW whether it needs to
>gather/send information.
>      b) the phone number/network address the information is sent to.
>      c) which file that is sent.
>   4) Although many of these capabilities have been present in the past
>they have not been built in to the operating system, providing a
>standardized back door.

>Who was it you said has no concept of network security?

you really have no conception of network security. If you are suggesting  that
there is a program which can automate RW and make it to send the  data it
collected, your machine is already compromised. All Windows versions had serial
communication capability so if you can put this program on any of those
machines, they become as bad as win95. To repeat the point again: RW is a
client, not a server and if the user doesn't use it, it doesn't do anything. If
you have a program on your machine which can use RW to send data to somewhere
without user's consent, your machine is already compromised. But first you have
to prove that regular win95 comes with a program like that from MS.

muzo

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