Re: Demon redeem themselves ...

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From: ric
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:00

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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:

> Steve Firth <filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > Sure, but I mean how they would go about it? I'm unclear as to where the
> > > risk lies. What do they do - try to telnet to an IP address or what?
> > 
> > That's one route. Others include exploiting known weaknesses such as
> > program linking, 
> 
> Ah - that phrase!  Could you tell me what program linking is?  I've been
> trying to find out, and I'm currently clueless.
> 
I think it is when you allow a program on your machine to be controlled
by reomte apple events.

-- 
'ric

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From: btgsch@rmplc.co.uk (ric)
Subject: Re: Demon redeem themselves ...
Date: 1998/01/06
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