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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
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Date: 2 Oct 88 08:05:16 GMT
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In article <2725@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <36066@philabs.Philips.Com>, mkr@kestrel.Philips.Com (Michael K. Reed) writes:
>> 	What is this, some kind of SICK JOKE???  Unix is well known as one of
>> 	the premier systems to hack, second only to TWENEX (TOPS-20) for the
>> 	award of "Most Abusable Operating System".
>
>This might be true, but for the case of a virus it's the toughest.
							  ^^^^^^^^
I guess you haven't read any of Fred Cohen's papers, seen any of his programs,
read CACM, know of Bill Landreth's UNIX break-ins, looked into the NFS or
UUCP code.  UNIX is one of the EASIEST platforms to install a virus on.  
Period.  [this is my last on this one. Let's move on].

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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