[luau] "Critical" security flaw in Microsoft Windows XP

[W. Wayne Liauh]

  *If we need to be on-line so much, perhaps we should not use a fixed 
disk based system.
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The Knoppix-like CD-based operating system suddenly looks more and more 
(commercially) attractive--this is maybe what the doctor has ordered for 
Linux.  (Both Red Hat and SuSE have demo CDs, but their performance 
substantially lags that of Knoppix.  Why this is so, I am very 
interested in finding out.)

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*Dow Jones Business News*

NEW YORK -- Listening to music online suddenly looks a lot more risky.

Late Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT 
<http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=msft&d=t> - News 
<http://biz.yahoo.com/n/m/msft.html>) revealed a "critical" flaw in its 
Windows XP operating system that could enable hackers to use malicious 
MP3 and Windows Media Audio, or WMA, music files and file-swapping 
services to wrest control of users' computers. Once in the PC, an 
attacker could take any action he chooses, including deleting or 
modifying data, reformatting hard drives or running nefarious programs.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021219/1855000986_1.html