Postscript in Netscape
lyal collins
lyalc at mail.mpx.com.au
Fri Oct 20 00:11:59 PDT 1995
>
>WRONG!!! Netscape claims to be "secure" - hence it is Netscape's job to
>be secure - regardless of the user's use of their product. Otherwise,
>the ads should read:
>
> "Netscape can be used securely by sufficiently knowledgeable
> users who have emasculated their postscript interpreters before
> using them to view files of unknown origin, and who have removed
> all other known, unknown, and/or undisclosed security holes from
> their systems. Otherwise, Netscape is insecure and should not be
> trusted."
>
>--
cars are claimed to "safe". That only applies is driven sober, within speed
restrictions and road conditions by a (basically) trained driver.
The same analogy applies, in my view.
lyal
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