Re: Malware Triangle

From: Richard S. Westmoreland (richardsw_at_suscom.net)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:44:26 -0500

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c0fd6ca3cfa2df9989b03@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
<snip>
>> > Which objects am I missing?
>>
>> You excluded the other items that can cause a system hard - right in the
>> post you made - "not password policies, ping sweeps, or script kiddies,
>> etc."
>>
>> All of those things are part of malware and security threats.
>
> Sorry, need to watch what I type "can cause a system HARM" not hard :-)

I was thinking that must be some new technical term I haven't heard before.
:-D

What I mean by objects is "files" - since I'm trying to exclude data from
the definition of software for the sake of the discussion, it's hard for me
to express what I'm thinking.

Rick

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