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From: martin@adpplz.UUCP (Martin Golding)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Viruses and Database Systems
Message-ID: <702@adpplz.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 91 00:04:55 GMT
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In <1991Apr30.185401.27165@unixg.ubc.ca> buckland@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:

>In article <10000@plains.NoDak.edu> haraty@plains.NoDak.edu (Ramzi A. Haraty) writes:
>>I was wondering how could one limit the infection of viruses into data
>>items. In other words, how do we guarantee that untrusted users or

> Why are you allowing update access to untrusted users?

Why does that matter, since a virus MUST BE EXECUTED? 


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