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To: Phil Melemed who wrote (9970)8/5/1998 5:15:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
Phil,

>>(The word "farce" is meant to refer to the Back Orifice program

By farce, I would have thought that you meant NT security, scalability and general real-time performance.

Why are NT users still suffering through issues that were solved by some UNIX hacks in the '80s? One farce begets another I guess.

Cheers,

Norm



To: Phil Melemed who wrote (9970)8/5/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: Mike Milde  Respond to of 74651
 
The underlying problem is simply based on the fact that Windows 95 and 98 give complete control to any code that executes. There is no way for the user or operating system to limit its access to system resources and run safely.

This allows programs like Back Orifice to easily enter a users system and run amuck undetected.

The new Java security model attacks this type of problem head on and offers a very realistic solution.

Mike



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