> [So you just feel comfortable training people's users to run
> executables they get from potentially untrusted sources over the net,
> eh? Are you really helping anyone's security here?
>
> Am I the only person left on earth who finds "self-extracting" bundles
> to be a menace to security? --Perry]
No. Steve Bellovin has a web page criticising SDAs.
I think the commerical idea is that a success is something that
brings in money even if it is slow poison wrapped in paper and
burned from one end. Who wants to help the customer anyway ?
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