Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:17:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: bartequi@neomedia.it Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Viruses for Unix (was Re: Virus alert, was: Re: SCSI Question) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092114210.57405-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <20000709.23210400@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > However, my current understanding is that "viruses" canNOT damage > FreeBSD (or, more generally, a Unix system), provided the following > conditions (The Three Laws of Good Administration(tm)) are met: > > axiom I: Never execute untrusted binaries as root; > axiom II: Never execute untrusted binaries as root; > axiom III: Never execute untrusted binaries as root. :-) Rule IV: Don't run untrusted binaries as a user. -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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