Well, sure. All internet-exposed services are vulnerable to any number of malware attacks. The difference with something like Slammer is that it had to access the server with specifically-crafted malware that would trick the server software into doing something evil, in this case, replicating and propagating the slammer virus. That was a flaw that could be patched.
In the case of VFP DBFs, there's no server to talk to. These are just files on disk, and can be overwritten by anyone who has proper read/write rights. That's a different level of insecure. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone was asking recently if database servers like MSSQL were > inherently more safe from malware than DB files. Well, there was SQL > Slammer .... > > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/05/sql_slammer_back/ > > > > > > -- > > Alan Bourke > > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vyacofejs_w+_lyda9qob-e1vm9ekmsfjhxynp6ey...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
