>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 18:12:48 -0500
>From: "Jeff Finlay, NYU" <[log in to unmask]>
 
>Both the  virus alerts are bogus. Viruses can't travel by email - I know
>this because an expert told me. When will people  learn?
 
But a trojan horse can...
 
...and what about those bugs in System V sendmail where mail
messages (with the proper headers) can get piped into a
privileged shell?
 
...and what about an encoded Postscript file with I/O commands
embedded within (T.H.)?
 
The best (worst) attacks come in those areas that people claim to
be safe...
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Brent Hammond <[log in to unmask]>
Digital Information Systems Corporation (DISC)