Mark Miller pointed out to me that currently much of our protection from viruses comes from people at the anti-virus companies who quickly grab each new virus, reverse engineer it, and send out information about its payload and effects. Any system which hides code from reverse engineering will make this process more difficult. To the extend that Palladium/TCPA/NGSCB hides code, and to the extent it succeeds at this hiding, the more it encourages new and more pervasive viruses. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | "There's nothing so clear as a | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | vague idea you haven't written | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | down yet." -- Dean Tribble | Los Gatos, CA 95032