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RE: Which Windows OS is Safest
From: Guybrush Threepwood <domain.admin () online ie>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:13:51 +0100
Quoting Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Guybrush Threepwood wrote:There is a Windows OS u didn't mention. It is impossible to break into it via the net. It cannot be affected by any trojans, viruses, maliciouscodeand such. It's called Windows 3.11.Actually, some of us had our first browsing experience back in 1993 on Windows 3.11 with Winsock and the old NCSA Mosaic browser. :) I still remember that old Toshiba laptop I had back then. This system would no doubt be vulnerable to one or two buffer overflow vulnerabilities, don't you think? And yes that thing had quite its share of viruses that could be downloaded off the net, too.
Mosaic you say? How about lynx. Who needs pretty pictures. About buffer overflows I'm not sure. I'll go check bugtraq archives now. I don't recollect seeing 3.11 on their list. -- The lady on the call box in Monkey Island 2 Guybrush: I'm lost in the Inky Island Jungle in Monkey 2 Lady: Just walk off the edge of the screen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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