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From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Linux/Windows Virus 
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I have a question that (to me) seems interesting....

I enabled Linux emulation to run Netscape and maybe a
couple of things in the future.  This cross-platform
proof-of-concept (which is all this seems to be) may
open the door for future work that could nail me.  Is
this a threat?

I'm not crying wolf by any means, but I'm also not a
developer; I'm not clueless, but I'm not a pro.  So I
can't assess this risk the way a pro could.


--- Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group
<Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> wrote:
> In message <20020610131600.B26376@cowbert.2y.net>,
> "Peter C. Lai" 
> writes:
> > Will this thing propagate via FreeBSD ELF
> binaries, or just
> > cause a headache because it mucks up the binary
> making it unable to run?
> > Symantec lists systems not affected as Unix, of
> which BSD is a true one.
> 
> No propagation.
> 
> I would think just a headache.
> 
> I would think that any system that can Linux or
> Windows binaries would 
> have an exposure.
> 
> In the risk assessment I sent to my management
> yesterday, I assessed 
> the overall risk from this virus at negligible. 
> Let's not get 
> concerned about it, just keep your eyes open.
> 
> 
> --
> Cheers,                          Phone: 
> 250-387-8437
> Cy Schubert                        Fax: 
> 250-387-5766
> Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team      Email: 
> Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
> Open Systems Group, CITS
> Ministry of Management Services
> Province of BC            
>                     FreeBSD UNIX:  cy@FreeBSD.org
> 
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