On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: > > At 04:11 PM 1/9/2003 -0800, Matthew Schlegel wrote: > > >My guess is that it is exploiting well known vulnerabilities in IE. > That >leaves all of us that don't use IE safe, at least from this one. > Those of >us running a non-windows platform (particularly a unix based > platform) are >generally safe from most all of these types of attacks > as well. > > What about IE running on OSX? That's how the Apple iBooks ship these > days. Does IE on OSX share some of the same vulnerabilities as IE on > Windoze?
One of the big vulnerabilities is that IE delights to run any Active-X control a web page may invoke. Most Active-X controls are written by people who don't know Apple exists. Does the iBook have an iNTEL processor? (is that the reason for the lower case i?) Does its operating system try to look like windows to software running on it? IE on OSX will definitely share *some* of the vulnerabilities of IE running in its original venue. The more Yes answers to the questions in the previous paragraph, the more vulnerabilities they will share. But, surely, the iBook operating system will be immune to many of the windows infection vectors. dan --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
