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- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity.
- Message-ID: <183@complex.complex.is>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 15:23:27 GMT
- References: <eronald.725752239@ruble> <1hv07gINN3mn@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland
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- kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
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- >Viruses aren't a real problem in any system that has memory protection and
- >any way to prevent users from directly writing into system space. In such
- >a system, a user would be able to destroy his own area, but wouldn't be
- >able to touch the OS.
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- Unless a virus is run by a privileged user, or the virus uses some loophole
- in the system, or an infected program is installed with some privileges
- or....etc.
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- No operating system can be 100% proof against stupidity.
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