On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 10:46:44AM -0800, Allen Brown wrote: > It sounds like you are asking to make a CD/DVD which is loaded > as a program when you insert it into the drive. If so, I offer > you the following, one of my hundreds of "randomly" inserted > email tag lines. > > Autoexecuting email or CDs is like having sex with everyone you > meet. It spreads disease. --- A.B. > > No OS which wants to claim any level of security does this.
I believe he's talking about DVD appliances, not PCs. > As an alternative, it is reasonable to run a program (that is > already on your system) when it sees pictures on your CDROM. > Since I don't do that, I will leave it to others to identify > if such a thing exists. my guess is he want's to share these CDs/DVDs with possibly non-computer savvy folks ... ie, he wants to make a playable VCD/DVD. DVD players have a "virtual machine" that understand a limited set of commands. I've never heard of DVD viruses or worms or any other malicious DVD hacking. Of course, inserting a DVD into a Windows machine probably makes the system check if there is a playable DVD in the tray ... -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
