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Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:22:00 PST7
From:	"Dave Watson" <xowatson@concentric.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	Scoug <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: WEB security, Symantec

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On 4 Feb 2002 at 14:15, Ray Davison wrote:
> Does the following imply that someone running Windows does not have the
> ability of breaking into an OS/2 machine, or is this just Symantec
> unwilling to waste bandwidth on someone to whom they do not have a
> product to sell?

Sort of the latter - they probably have the ability, just not the interest.
It means the scripted set of hacks they use to probe visitors only
works against a known set of configurations. Every system has
vulnerabilities that the right set of probes can identify and attack. So
many opportunities exist in out-of-the-box Windows and so many
antisocial kids with too much spare time poking at them, the odds of
getting probed or attacked on a Windows system is fairly high. But
since most probes and attacks are scripted, hackers will probably
get a similar response from their probes as Symantec did, and
they'll move on without bothering a Warp machine further.

Somewhat related, article in the Register business section today on
a new tool called Lindows, which is apparently a Linux based
Windows clone being developed, based somewhat on Wine, which
emulates the Windows interface for running Windows apps on
Linux, sorta like Odin on Warp. Microsoft is suing based on the
name, not the technology. Interesting web site at lindows.com

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