On Tue, 9 May 2000, Steven W. Orr said:
Steven > From: Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven > To: David Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven > Cc: GNHLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 15:08:18 -0400 (EDT)
Steven > Subject: Re: CNN Article "Linux users unscathed by ILOVEYOU"
Steven >
Steven > I just feel intruiged by this message. If you go into Netscape -> Edit ->
Steven > Preferences -> Navigator -> Applications
Steven >
Steven > There are predefined slots in there for everything including the kitchen
Steven > sink. There're even slots for shell, csh, perl, tar, cpio, you name it. If
Steven > anyone *was* to define these entries and then receive a perl program as an
Steven > attachment, and then go ahead and execute such a beast, I betcha we'd be
Steven > in just as much doodoo as all those WinBloze weenies. Right now, for
Steven > purposes of this ILOVEYOU discussion, I don't think their OS did anything
Steven > different than what out Netscape running under linux would do. The only
Steven > difference is that the slots are undefined for most of us. Let's look 3 to
Steven > 5 years down the road. You think there will be more linux users with those
Steven > slots defined?
Steven >
Steven > Enquiring minds would like to know. ;^)>
Steven >
Steven >
Yup you're right - if I went far enough I could open Netscape (and
other utilities) wide enough to drive a tank into, but Netscape is
NOT bundled as a part of Linux and (as far as I know) Netscape does
NOT, by default, do something as stupid as automatically open/execute
scripts, executables, ...
I could go in and tweak some settings and possibly open myself up as
badly as M$ does and (possibly) hose a lotta files, but unless I'm
running as root I doubt I would ever destroy any system files and
need to rebuild my system disk - something "real" M$ users/supporters
seem to get a lotta practice at... >;)
dlr
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