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Article #619976Re: Making Computers Secure
From: Melzzzzz
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 03:44
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 03:44
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On 2018-02-03, J Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 Feb 2018 06:46:05 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> > wrote: > >>On Tue, 2018-01-30, Quadibloc wrote: >>> On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 8:35:25 AM UTC-7, Jorgen Grahn wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2018-01-30, Quadibloc wrote: >>> >>>> > On some tech news site, I came across a comment to the effect >>>> > that things like Meltdown and Spectre wouldn't be such a big >>>> > deal... >>> >>>> > if the only executable content our computers ran were programs we >>>> > installed on them. >>> >>>> That ignores the multiuser aspect of computers. >>> >>> Well, if a computer is multi-user, you only want the admins to be able to >>> install software. > > "program" and "install software" are two different things. I can > write and run all the code I want on the company machine. Until they > gave me admin access a while back I was unable to install anything. > > "Install" means more these days than "copy an executable file". Installing system wide and user wide should be differentiated now. Software that requires rebooting an OS shouldn't be allowed at all. -- press any key to continue or any other to quit...
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