Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: Era.Eriksson@f59.n220.z2.FIDONET.ORG (Era Eriksson) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: AF/91 and April Foolism in general Message-ID: <0017.9104261444.AA20785@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 21:06:52 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 28 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu * Quoting dank@stealth.usc.edu (Dan King) to jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala): > Come on, don't pick on the users. Attack, instead, the virus authors. > If these people would write useful code instead of malignant code, > then life would be grand. I've been following this thread from the beginning, and I actually don't have anything to add. Just wish to point out that REAL programmers, APPLICATION programmers, have a huge responsibility for system security. Somebody mentioned MS Word as an example of a program which overwrites its own code occasionally. Your mistake, I say. Don't buy a word processor from the company which produced the insecure operating system we're talking about if you're concerned about viruses and security in general. ;-) LAN operators should be particularly picky about the programs they choose to offer the users. If a program can't behave, scratch it! There are going to be virus attacks on any LAN at one time or another, so be prepared. /* era */ era@f59.n220.z2.fidonet.org If you want to see a disclaimer, that can be arranged. - -- Era Eriksson - via FidoNet node 2:220/801 UUCP: ...!fuug!casino!59!Era.Eriksson INTERNET: Era.Eriksson@f59.n220.z2.FIDONET.ORG