• Subject: Re: VIRUS Alert for the LIST
  • From: leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:28:46 -0600

> 4. Most viruses exploit holes in the OS to do their damage ... how many 
> holes does OS/400 have?

lots, but you are correct that AS/400 has "security by obscurity".
What that means is that it will not be a target of outside pranksters,
but rather of insider malicious coders.


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