RE: Denial of Service, Good for AS/400? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Jim,

>>What cannot possibly be done is to write an
OS/400 object that is a virus<<

This is totally wrong.  Nobody (that I know of) has successfully distributed
one, but it would be possible to do.

That said, there are several things that make virus's on our AS/400's
unlikely.  The first is just the number of systems.  There are about
50,000+- AS/400's in the USA.  How many 10's of Millions WinTel machines are
there?

This along makes it hard for the virus to propagate.

But it CAN be done!

Bob


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