-Caveat Lector- Zombie Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6876.html > > Could Open Source Software Help Prevent Sabotage? > Jun 18th, 11:07:50 > > [ The opinions expressed by authors on Linux Today are their own. > They speak only for themselves and not for Linux Today. ] -lt ed > > Linux Today reader Miko Wakabayashi has been doing a little thinking > about an article she just read: > > This may not be directly releated to LINUX, but.... it > underscores a point about software. > > Imagine a Chinese agent working at Microsoft. How difficult > do you think it would be to insert a little "backdoor" into a > Windows .dll file or somewhere else? With the Government > jumping into NT left and right, a secret backdoor or even an > "easter egg" that shuts the system down on command could > cripple our entire defense network, law enforcement and just > about anything else. How much easier it would be to fight a > war against an enemy whose computers are all crashed > beyond repair? > <snip> Tom Clancy's *Debt of Honor* (1994) describes just such an electronic attack by rogue Japanese corporate warlords on the U.S. economy: the programmer responsible for the software which coordinates all money-center banking transactions (at the Depository Trust Corporation, NYC) is paid to insert three lines of code which, when triggered by a particular sequence of trades, open an "Easter egg" that erases all subsequent transaction records. The plot is typically complex; it involves a Japanese attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet which cripples two aircraft carriers and sinks two nuclear subs, the simultaneous (re)occupation of the Marianas (Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Truk), an Indian invasion of Sri Lanka, and other Clancy specialities. Bob ================================= Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
