Del wrote:
>
<snip />
> It's not possible for a Unix virus run by an uneducated unprivileged
> user to write to system ld.so's (barring some kind of buffer overflow or
> similar attack).
>
> Yeah, sure, I can write a perl script that reads your netscape address book,
> and e-mails itself to everyone in the address book, and then include a note
> saying "please run this perl script" in the e-mail, but the damage will
> be limited.
>
Limited??? If you call the shuting down of mission critical networks
"limited" then yes your right. I think this is the major concern, I mean
so what if some pics get deleted, the users' workstation doesn't
(shouldn't) usually hold mission critical data (i'm talking about the
large sites here). The real problem is the network congestion caused as
a result of these "worms" sending themselves to hundreds of people at a
time.
I could be wrong here, but that's the way I interpret the situation.
John
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