Palladium and malware

[Derek Atkins]

Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> writes:

> All general purpose computers require a way to move data space to code
> space to support compilation.  Even if you don't allow compilation, most
> modern systems have enough different powerful scripting languages that
> interpretation is sufficient to support viruses.

"application/shell" anyone?  (Yes, some Mail-readers actually
implement this!)

> Cheers - Bill

-derek

-- 
       Derek Atkins
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com

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