Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > telnetd is a set of machine-language instructions. It doesn't actually > > > have any capabilities to do anything. > > > This misses the point entirely so I'll try stating it another way. > > latex essentially runs in a virtual machine provided by tex the program. > > My point is that there is no meaningful difference between "virtual" > and "non-virtual" machines in this respect.
However, there is a relevant difference between a virtual machine such as TeX or a browser's JVM that is intended to be secure, and a (virtual or non-virtual) machine such as IA32 or the Linux ABI that is not intended to be secure and supposed to be able to run a shell, trash things, etc (at least if you have supervisor status or root, respectively). Edmund -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]