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To: SC who wrote (46248)	6/8/2000 2:32:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 74651

SC- This is a PC Windows Exchange script virus that uses the PC's modem to send a junk cellphone message. Hopefully designers of cellphone OS's will learn from the PC features that make virus replication so easy on PC's and avoid making their clients virus agents. Harvey

To: SC who wrote (46248)	6/8/2000 3:04:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Respond to of 74651

They will be more secure by definition than fat clients, if for no other reason than there isn't anything on the thin client to destroy. On top of that there is the issue of liability. With thin clients, the ISP assumes responsibility of securing the data, just like your bank stores your ATM card # & pin # on a disk somewhere. If someone steals your pin# from the data center, it's the bank's problem, not yours. Consumers just LOVE that aspect of security. The ISP has a wonderful incentive to secure your files. Your money for their service. If their service is not secure, you go elsewhere. If the problems are with the TRANSACTIONS, not the client itself its no different for a thin client or any other client. Encryption standards are a great deterrent and should be put into place. Even if someone came up with a virus that somehow toasted your cell-phone dsp's or xmitters, the expense for replacing them is low, and there's no danger, in that case, to your secured data.