-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > After all, didn't attackers also have access to powerpc systems to build > attacks on during the same timeframe that Symantec suggests? Does the > powerpc architecture provide some inherent protection against (say) stack > smashing than the x86 does?
I'm not a PowerPC expert, but everything i have read indicates that it is not any more secure than the x86 architecture. No NX bit, for example. I think the comments are based solely on the comparative installed user base, as You observed. -& - -- GPG key / Schlüssel -- http://simultan.dyndns.org/~arjones/gpgkey.txt Encrypt everything. / Alles verschlüsseln. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD2lKIoI7tqy5bNGMRA/EvAJ9HXD+ojMPQIIP6bwbzbtb5ce/+AACgnblz iXHGvSO4Ttv+HOKrYwzhd9o= =89q4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php