I knew It had to add up to 666 somehow, but I am unix ignorant. Thanks. James-Osbourne: Holmes
-----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Virus Probably because in Unix is referenced by rw rw rw, which works out to 666 (when using the mod command where the r is 4, w is 2 and x is 1), and of course 666 is the mark of the Beast. Marshall "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > Thanks much Marshall, > > But there has to be a joke here somewhere; it was in Chuck's tag line. What > am I missing? > > James-Osbourne: Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Virus > > I believe he is referring to the file mod for unix systems. They are > rwx-rwx-rwx, which stands for read write and execute for the owner of the > file, > anyone in the owner's group, and anyone. This is set by the mod command in > unix. > > Micorsoft products have a similar thing, which is controlled by the attrib > command. But instead of read, write and execute, MS uses READ ONLY, HIDDEN, > and > SYSTEM. The atrib command uses a "+" to turn on the bit, and a "-" to turn > it > off, so doing a "attrib +r *.*" will make it so that every file in the > directory > cannot be overwritten or deleted until you do an "attrib -r *.*". > > In both cases you have to make the file writable (or not read only) to > overwrite > it. In MS products you also have to make it not read only to delete it as > well. > > Marshall > > "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > > > "rw-rw-rw-: The file protection of the beast!" > > > > Please explain. > > > > James-Osbourne: Holmes > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CS>Virus > > > > Bob, > > Zone Alarm is a firewall not an antivirus, but it is very useful. > > If, for example, you get one of the trojans that allow remote control on > > your > > 'puter, ZA will trigger when it is activated and allow you to tend to it. > > You still need regularly updated antivirus software to catch the buggers > > when > > they're incoming or activating or lurking. (I use AntiViral Toolkit). > > > > If you've never seen one, it's probably because it gets hung up in your > > spell-check!! > > Chuck > > rw-rw-rw-: The file protection of the beast! > > > > On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 15:31:30 -0500, "Robert L. Berger" > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >"Ole Bob" hee uses Netscape 4.7 and while people talk about virius, at > this > > >point I have never seen on. It maybe because I have Zone Alarm running. > Its > > >free so maybe some of you should install it. > > > > > >Before I put it in the background on one saturday morning Itpicked up 80+ > > hits > > >in about an hourwhere people were trying to read my machine. > > > > > >"Ole Bob". > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
