On 15/01/2017 11:04, Derek Stewart wrote:
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If the operating system is in ROM, I donot think this is going to
work, also there is no or very limited Internet access for the QL
systems and I do not think hacker will see QDOS/SMSQ/E as a viable
target.
May I add this quote to my collection of Famous Last Words, Derek? ;)
Slowly but surely even the "QL" is becoming more connected, and who
knows what new possibilities might emerge? Networked games over the
Internet, email, maybe even a browser (using SBASIC as a client-side
scripting language),.. Then there are all those new digital refugees -
particularily the "retro-brigade" - swamping our cosy little Forum
with ideas from the previous millenium, and others too, with
subversive new ideas like moving pictures, and wotnext.. Terrorists
could so easily slip through Commisario Vanpeebles' net, masquerading
as innocent tinkerers! ;)
We live in dangerous times. A little paranoia goes a long way. In my
estimate of the original question (could some kind of destructive/spy
code enter the QL world from outside?): Yes, it is theoretically
possible, and becomes ever more so, but at present it is _highly
unlikely_. Should ever any such attack occur it would most likely come
from within the QL community, and that would leave a limited number of
suspects (one of, who by his own admission, has terrorist tendencies!
;) However IMHO, anyone considering developing tools or applications
for the QL environment that use the Internet, should give some thought
to possible dangers and risks.
Per
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