On Friday 06 Jun 2003 8:07 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 8:00 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 7:26 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > > On Friday 06 June 2003 01:53 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > > > > One thing that W2K can do that *nix can't: Make a directory > > > > unreadable to anyone. I've used that to hold virus code for > > > > analysis. > > > > > > I'm no expert but with Linuxs' permission capabilities why > > > couldn't you do that? Just curious! :-) > > > > Root can always read everything, even when the permisions are set > > to disallow it. > > So if you put your virus into an unreadable directory, what can w2k do > with it then? And how?
Absolutely nothing. Until I decide to have a look at it, change the permissions and open it very carefully. Until then I know that if I click on the wrong thing I'm not going to infect myself or anyone else. -- Richard Urwin
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