Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98rightnow

["Chris Umphress" <umphress () gmail com>]

> isnt browsing the web to sites with flash, java, asp, php, etc,
> allowing an untrusted user to run code on your machine?

Yes. Sometimes. No. No. Etc.

ASP, PHP, and some Java applications are run on the server. They send
your client HTML, javascript, css, etc. Now Java APPLETS are run on
your computer -- if you allow them.

> I think so given the rate at which exploits are released for all the
> above protocols, and especially considering the fact they will all go
> unpatched from now on.
>
> Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but doesnt win9x have file
> shares? Does that require authentication?

Yes. It can.

> -JP<who has never used win9x>

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Chris Umphress <http://daga.dyndns.org/>

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