Re: "risky" PD software

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From: Bruno Wolff III
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:03

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From article <7796821@MVB.SAIC.COM>, by "Phillip E. Parker" <PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU>:
> I don't understand: how is running PD software risky if the user has access
> to files he is not supposed to show to anyone? Specifically, why is it more
> risky than running Wordperfect etc.?
> 
Running any software is risky. However I feel that commerical software
companies are less likely to produce code that has trojan horse code in it.
Also commerical software is normally obtained through a more secure method
than PD software is. A shrink wrapped disk or a tape is less likely to have
been tampered with than a copy of a PD program obtained from a bulletin board.
I doubt there is anything funny about the copy of TeX at U of Washington. A
lot of people have gotten a copy from there and if there were problems with it,
something would have been posted about it by now.

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