At 9:09 PM -0400 7/18/00, Beard, Frank wrote: >Rush wrote: > >> God help the Navy when it's enemies discover that they can attach >> a VBA or Active-X agent to a datastream and infect the entire system >> with some sort of virus. > >Rush, > >While I agree with the sentiment, it won't be quite that easy. Unless >the Navy diverts from using either KG krypto or NES encryption, the >enemy will have to penetrate one of the two before they can attach >the virus. While I'm not a huge Microsoft fan, they do have some >useful tools, virus prone as they may be. Since both encryption >methods are "heavy duty" and rotate keys frequently, you can >basically use just about anything behind them. Of course it >never hurts to have something less vulnerable. what about if someone sends email from navy shore faciltiy that is infected? Our army customers mail system was shut down for about a week over the iloveyou virus! Jim -- If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche