At 11:33 AM 8/10/02 +0100, you wrote: >A short time ago there was a discussion relating to the prime95 process >running as System on NT/2000, and the subject of security issues relating >to it being accessible from a normal user's desktop came up. The article >linked below describes a serious security issue caused by this scenario, >in which such applications can be exploited to give total system compromise. > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26561.html
Read carefully. Note the "release date" in the banner/headline. Note the humorous reference to /bin/laden in the first paragraph. This article is almost certainly meant to be humorous...but upon further googling on Jim Allchin, it appears it may in fact be true. AIYAH! _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
