Comment Depends on how you saw the context of what he said (Score 1) 795
I don't think virus-writers need any more good luck... But local root vulnerability means they can only compromise a few tens of thousands of people at a time
Agreed with your point however he states "virus writers", which refer to one or one group of associated writers can comprimise tens of thousands of people, in the context of "versus" rather than the whole internet, seems to imply 10,000+ machines not "user accounts" given the implicit design of "virii" (or more accurately worms) in their spread..if 10,000 users of one box are comprimised ie, one rooted machine, then a worm/virus obviously is not the method in which this "spreads". It's simply the context in which he stated what he did. My statement suited my view of what he stated. Though I am fully in agreement that one box with X number of users is comprimised, X number of people have been comrpimised since root can see all and use all of those accounts... robf();
Agreed with your point however he states "virus writers", which refer to one or one group of associated writers can comprimise tens of thousands of people, in the context of "versus" rather than the whole internet, seems to imply 10,000+ machines not "user accounts" given the implicit design of "virii" (or more accurately worms) in their spread..if 10,000 users of one box are comprimised ie, one rooted machine, then a worm/virus obviously is not the method in which this "spreads". It's simply the context in which he stated what he did. My statement suited my view of what he stated. Though I am fully in agreement that one box with X number of users is comprimised, X number of people have been comrpimised since root can see all and use all of those accounts... robf();
