From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 06/03/07, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're worried about threats to your computer, don't turn it on. > So you are saying that if I use my PC, I should not bother > securing it at all?
No, I'm saying that security issues are not a one-application issue. Maybe Flash has had some flaws. Ditto OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Ubuntu etc. > I asked whether you could provide a guarantee that Real > Player contained no back doors. Can that guarantee be > provided? Has the BBC it self actually seen the source to the > whole of Real Player, how can it be so sure it's safe? If you are concerned, maybe you should ask Real? It's their code. As it happens, some of it has been released publicly, but for that which they didn't, its their job to reassure you that it is OK. They are the software provider, and ultimately they provide RealPlayer to you as a consumer (should you want to have it). It really isn't up to a third party to do those re-assurances. I wouldn't ask my council which publishes content in PDF format, to re-assure me that Adobe Acrobat is safe on my machine. I'd ask Adobe. > Availability of software, the BBC uses Unix (or a Unix like operating > system) am I correct? (either that or your web server is > sending incorrect headers out). The BBC website uses a few different technologies but yes, Solaris is involved and they run Apache 2. There's also some Windows servers floating around (obviously as we stream content in the WMV format) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
