Re: newbie inquiry

[Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>]

Ted Dennison wrote:
> Scripting is more of a virus issue than a security one. 

Err, viruses aren't a security problem?

> trojan for you. Thus its a much better technique for some kind of
> scattershot mass attack (like viruses) than for targeting a specific
> system. I believe crackers and "script-kiddies" still use buffer
> overflow exploits as their stock and trade.

Oh. OK, if you're talking about breaking into a *specific* system, yah, that
and social engineering.

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