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From: donw@zehntel (Don White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Ultimate Fix!!! (acquiescence)
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Date: 27 Sep 88 20:19:16 GMT
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Reply-To: donw@zehntel (Don White)
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[The egg dammit!! The egg came first!!]

    I appreciate everybodys input!  We have so many sharp people on 
 the net that I thought we could come up with a solution to virus writers.
 I know that most of the inventions that we use today were invented despite
 expert testimony which said that such things could not work.

    We can't currently guard against every devious scheme, but I am curious
 if there is any worth in trying to guard the system from the simpler
 viruses. Doctors innoculate us against the basics.

    And, I am hoping that if we at least think about the problems we have, we 
 might someday solve them. I don't know if it will require a self-aware
 operating system, or just a new file system format, but I REFUSE to
 ASSUME that there is no possible solution. There MAY, in fact, be no 
 solution. But I think we should keep looking.

    I think educating the virus writers is a meaningless phrase. They 
 are clearly having too much sick fun too stop. So, the only thing we
 can really do is try to educate US. (Meaning all users).

    Nuff said. Thanks for your ideas and criticisms.

PS. Matt Dillon, OK, you got me. I didn't know CRCs were that easy to duplicate.Someone mentioned this since you sent me your last message. Ignore my return 
mail. :-)

    Don White
    zehntel!donw
    Box 271177 Concord, CA. 94527-1177