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. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.cx http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!) Buy Hercules stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
