RE: More Windows Fun

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Larry Bolhuis
> 
> Not that I do either, however, from a server perspective none of these
> holes should be problems. Well that is unless you do 'desktop things'
on
> your servers.

Well, yes and no.  A Windows desktop certainly can't affect my iSeries
(yes, it can "infect" files in the IFS, but that infection is only
contagious to other immune-deficient Windows systems).

But I was under the impression that there are plenty of Windows worms
which, once they've attacked the desktop, can migrate themselves to any
Windows machines on the network (including servers), thereby spreading
contagion throughout the Windows community.

That's why I liken Windows to HIV for your network: you won't
necessarily get AIDS from it, but you sure are susceptible.

Joe