On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 09:18:33AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> I think Jay's concern with IA32/AMD-64 is that if someone does inject
> precompiled binaries, he doesn't want them to actually be able to run.
> There are folk who will argue that getting the right precompiled
> binaries is trivial.

I'll agree that it's trivial, but there's no reason to make it easy for the
script kiddies. The portion of machines on the net that are x86-compatible
is high enough that, by avoiding it, mine is immediately less of a target,
and by enough to make the exercise worthwhile.
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