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Article #100Re: Geeky Question
From: Charlie Stross
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:00
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On 7 Apr 2000 12:41:14 GMT, Angus Creech <creech@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >Jack Camping (bogus@purr.demon.co.uk) wrote: >: >: This sounds like the computer equivalent of an early-80s San Francisco >: gay bathhouse. Are they ready for the lawsuits when they start the next >: Windows virus/worm/trojan plague? > >Well, never having been anywhere near an San Franciscan gay bathhouse, I >don't know quite you mean. Perhaps you could elucidate further? He means that what you're talking about doing is the security equivalent of opening your windows and front door, putting a sign out front saying "GONE SHOPPING FOR A NEWER LAPTOP", and walking away whistling. Clue: go and read http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.html (the WWW security FAQ) before you start asking how to best render your employer's systems vulnerable to script kiddies. -- Charlie
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