From: "Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 21:32:53 +0800
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart)
Subject: Re: CONTEST: Name That Program!
In-Reply-To: <199601310810.AAA00335@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
Message-ID: <199601311313.IAA27518@dal1820.computek.net>
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> Unix is a much tougher case - while there have been a couple of viruses,
> they don't spread very well, even when everyone uses the same binary
> formats.  B2 helps, of course; B1 configured reasonably should also work.

Most people are very nervous about running binaries on a unix box that
they get off the net, and nobody runs a setuid-to-root binary on their
system unless they paid $$$ for it and got it from a reputable vendor.  I
personally only run one binary on my machine that I didn't compile myself
- that's Netscape. 
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