Security and Theories

Discussion in 'Smalltalk' started by bdh734, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. bdh734

    bdh734 New Member

    I had an exam in college that asked the following question:

    A person sends a worm to an unprotected computer, this is an example of a/an

    A) Threat
    B) Exploit
    C) Vulnerability
    D) Threat Agent

    I picked Threat and was marked wrong. They said the answer was
    Exploit. I was able to successfully argue that it was a threat by stating
    that until the worm is executed, it is a threat and would then exploit
    the system only if it was successful. Now their argument was by
    definition, the internet is a threat and it is up to the user to
    protect. Therefore, the worm is designed by nature to be an exploit.
    But if we look into that theory, then the internet would become a
    threat agent. Whereas a way to deliver all of the above.

    Question is....
    Am I right with my theory?

    Please advise and explain.

    Thanks!
     
  2. edge

    edge Active Member Moderator

    I think that you also need to know (1) what OS the worm was made for, and (2) what OS the unprotected computer was using!

    If the worm was made for Windows, and the unprotected computer's OS was Linux, than none of the answers was correct :)
     
    Last edited: Nov 19, 2008
  3. bdh734

    bdh734 New Member

    Yes I agree with that. But for giggles, lets says winblows. I just need to know if my theory that I spent 45 minutes in class, in front of 50 other students arguing about was really correct. :D

    Hint: This college has a notch for sending people out the door with M$ stamped on their head.
     

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