I have a question that (to me) seems interesting....

I enabled Linux emulation to run Netscape and maybe a
couple of things in the future. This cross-platform
proof-of-concept (which is all this seems to be) may
open the door for future work that could nail me. Is
this a threat?

I'm not crying wolf by any means, but I'm also not a
developer; I'm not clueless, but I'm not a pro. So I
can't assess this risk the way a pro could.

--- Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group
<Cy.Schubertuumail.gov.bc.ca> wrote:
> In message <20020610131600.B26376cowbert.2y.net>,
> "Peter C. Lai"
> writes:
> > Will this thing propagate via FreeBSD ELF
> binaries, or just
> > cause a headache because it mucks up the binary
> making it unable to run?
> > Symantec lists systems not affected as Unix, of
> which BSD is a true one.
>
> No propagation.
>
> I would think just a headache.
>
> I would think that any system that can Linux or
> Windows binaries would
> have an exposure.
>
> In the risk assessment I sent to my management
> yesterday, I assessed
> the overall risk from this virus at negligible.
> Let's not get
> concerned about it, just keep your eyes open.
>
>
> --
> Cheers, Phone:
> 250-387-8437
> Cy Schubert Fax:
> 250-387-5766
> Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email:
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> Province of BC
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