Re: virus: More tales of poorly written OS code.

From: Ben (ben@machinegod.org)
Date: Mon Jun 17 2002 - 16:22:47 MDT


[Andy Brice]
Its tough enough to write complex software systems that do what they are
supposed to within a reasonable time-frame *without* having to worry about
malicious users.

[ben] Nobody has the luxury of *not* worrying about malicious users, and it
is irresponsible and short-sighted to try it.

[Andy Brice]
I wonder if Microsoft has a 'black team' separate from the development team
that looks for such weaknesses?

[ben] they have plans to do so, not sure if it's been implemented yet.

-ben



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