[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Can A Web Site Be Reliably Defended Against DoS Attacks?
Dare Obasanjo wrote: > Short of creating a mail client and server that prevented people from > receiving mail attachments, how would you solve the problem exploited > by this current virus on any one of the popular operating systems > existing today? On many UNIX systems, just mount /home as not allowing execution, so people need root priveleges to install software, and non-installed software can't be run. UNIX systems don't really have this concept of an executable file sitting there waiting to be clicked on, anyway - things generally need to be in your path to get executed to begin with. If I got sent an executable file as an attachment, I'd need to save it to my home directory then open up a shell window and explicitly invoke it, with a "./" prefix to override the path and execute a file from the current directory. ABS
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|