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From: frank at knobbe.us (Frank Knobbe) Subject: [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 08:20, joe wrote: > I agree with your initial comment, they can both be changed. I also agree > they both do little. > > I don't agree that the hardcoding in the source does anything for you. Well, it *allows* you to change the ID of the superuser account to something else. But of course that is obfuscation, and is quickly discovered (just check what ID owns /bin/* and so on). Nevertheless, you have the *ability* to change the ID. You can't do that with Windows. (Yeah, cheap shot I know... ;) Cheers, Frank -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20041120/0ef457a4/attachment.bin
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