Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:24:38 -0500 Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

:>On Thu, 1 May 2008 10:39:46 +1200, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
:>wrote:

:>>Point 2 is largely an illusion. Certainly, there are no viruses on 
:>>mainframes, but there will be once they are opened up to the network;
it is 
:>>only a matter of time. (No, I don't have mainframe virus writing on my 
:>>"TODO" list, but it would be an "interesting" exercise... :-)).

:>How does a virus get into a database server? You can't send it
executable code. 

Buffer overflow.

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