Re[2]: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux

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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I think that having the O/S crash from a single process' uncaught errors should be considered a bug, whether it is a BSOD or whatever the MacOS has to greet the admin the next morning. If you view the Mac as a single user system, then the above behavior could be (generously) viewed as a security feature. But then why are you running server processes on a single user machine???John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux Author: (WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/15/00 7:41 PM maybe one of the things that makes the macos a safer environment, is exactly its instability: when one program crashes, everyhthing crashes - so it is unlikely that you'll be able to use the attacked mac for hacking into other stuff... (for as far as i know, some servers are still usable by a hacker after an attack that led, for example, to a buffer overflow situation... but don't ask _me_ more - i wouldn't know more) ;-) LP------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re[2]: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)
I think that having the O/S crash from a single process' uncaught errors should be considered a bug, whether it is a BSOD or whatever the MacOS has to greet the admin the next morning. If you view the Mac as a single user system, then the above behavior could be (generously) viewed as a security feature. But then why are you running server processes on a single user machine???John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux Author: (WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/15/00 7:41 PM maybe one of the things that makes the macos a safer environment, is exactly its instability: when one program crashes, everyhthing crashes - so it is unlikely that you'll be able to use the attacked mac for hacking into other stuff... (for as far as i know, some servers are still usable by a hacker after an attack that led, for example, to a buffer overflow situation... but don't ask _me_ more - i wouldn't know more) ;-) LP------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to jpeacock@univpress.com

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