Re: Security Issue
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Security Issue
- From: "* P* L* <lindsey@lorien.mallorn.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:34:20 -0500 (CDT)
> I don't recall the precise 'security problem' but if it concerned E-Mail
> and viruses, I just read an article by Wash Post writer who said it was
> "impossible" to transmit a virus by a text E-Mail.
It's now possible. Difficult, but possible. Easier to send a trojan
horse to delete all of your files.
Send me the author's name and email address and I'll send them detailed
information about the exploit.
Trust me on this... I don't do security stuff at the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) because I'm an idiot... :)
Chris
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