Re: [edlug] Big blue v Big poo

[Dick Middleton <dick@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Steve Kemp wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 07:57:33AM +0000, Leo Friel wrote:
>
>
> > I find it bizarre how much chaos an outlook macro can 
> > wreak. Would you say that's an application problem? It's the application 
> > that's been exploited, for sure, but shouldn't the OS/kernel or whatever be 
> > able to protect it's own integrity?
>
>
>   No.  It's an application proble, after all a macro is nothing more
>  than a scripted step of user actions.  How can the operating system
>  tell the two apart?
>
>   An Emacs Lisp virus is trivial to write too, and the OS has no
>  business protecting us from it.

An emacs lisp virus can only damage the space of the user whose 
priviledges it runs under.  Normally that means it cannot touch system 
files and settings.  In Windoze users can install anything over system 
files and change any configuration.

Dick


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