Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > The OS should be designed in such way that it's just not possible.

> The problem is people, really. You put in code that says "don't accept 
> executables." Then you put in code that says "Hey, you downloaded this, do 
> you really want to run it?" Then you put in code that says "Don't accept 
> executables inside zip files."

> If it went far enough, people would send out "here's a zip file with the 
> password xyz. Unpack it with that password, rename hello.jpg to hello.exe, 
> and run it to get an important message from your bank" and someone would do it.

  Didn't seem to be such a problem in the unix world. And even if that
kind of social engineering caused someone to execute a program they
received by email, it would still be limited to that user's account.
The system itself and other users would be safe. It's a whole different
mentality. It's hard to spread viruses like that.

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                                                          - Warp

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