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Re: How to Save The World
From: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:30:50 -0500 (EST)
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It occurred to me at the time that the difficulty of doing Extremely Evil Things to the ATM networks of banks that use Windows based ATMs is far, far lower than that of the (theoretical) banks running something else on their ATMs. That implies, of course, that at some point someone is going to victimize the stupid banks, which will doubtless produce a scramble among them to use other, safer software. I suspect that such mass victimization alone will produce a change in their purchasing decisions.
Why would it cause the result you suspect, namely reconsidering the decision to use a windows OS as the core? It has not done so for any other major windows OS using entity? More likely it will be a quick fix what cause the immediate issue and go back to 'normal', as is the norm elsewhere... Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com ...Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as it's accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free... -Tom Robins <Still Life With Woodpecker> _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: How to Save The World Frederick M Avolio (Dec 13)
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- Re: How to Save The World Marcus J. Ranum (Dec 13)
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