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broken software == broken security
The software that requires admin rights to run is broken. The only software that might need admin rights are admin type programs, and those should never be run under a normal user account, but under a specific account for a user created to let them do just that one thing. And they shouldn't be playing music or quake or whatever when logged in as that user.

A user application, whether for windows, mac, linux or bsd, that requires a user to be logged in as admin or root is broken, period. Contact the people who wrote it and demand that they fix it.
Posted by: Sxooter_z   Posted on: 11/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Rootkit compatibility?  yyuko@... | 11/14/05
Only Windows machines affected at this time  goody4291 | 11/14/05
There is a mac version floating around  ickusslime@... | 11/14/05
set up security properly and it won't be a problem on any OS  aladorn@... | 11/14/05
What world are you living in?  jerry@... | 11/14/05
broken software == broken security  Sxooter_z | 11/14/05
Amen Amen!  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
Amen Amen!  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
That is not the issue---  jerry@... | 11/18/05
Jerry, Use This As An Example  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
Root Kit Compatibility?  mhuddy | 11/14/05
Password required on Mac  nomorems | 11/15/05
These "rootkits" wont work if....  toadlife | 11/14/05
I guess you didn't read  DarthRidiculous | 11/14/05
An overhyped peice of propoghanda...  toadlife | 11/14/05
(nt)yuk - please excuse my horrid spelling  toadlife | 11/14/05
Amen!  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
Not quite True  mombo | 11/15/05
one more reason to switch to Linux  Linux Geek | 11/14/05
Keep talking.  vdraken | 11/14/05
which is true but,  aladorn@... | 11/14/05
Lie. Pure and simple  vdraken | 11/14/05
Really?  Linux Advocate | 11/14/05
Pure and Simple Lie #2  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
But this particular type of rootkit  Michael Kelly | 11/14/05
More incorrect lies.  vdraken | 11/14/05
interesting, but you link is blank. can you please ...  el1jones | 11/14/05
Show me the lie  Michael Kelly | 11/14/05
Re: More incorrect lies.  none none | 11/14/05
What is an average user?  Chad_z | 11/14/05
Ubuntu?  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
sp your saying.....  JoeMama_z | 11/14/05
Put the crack pipe DOWN!  Wolfie2K3 | 11/14/05
Put the crack pipe DOWN!  Wolfie2K3 | 11/14/05
How would that solve this problem  voska | 11/15/05
Plain and simple...boycott Sony  itanalyst | 11/14/05
cause a mass boycott? hardly  bmgoodman | 11/14/05
There's a sudden spike in Sony CD sales  too_much green_tea | 11/14/05
What's the NY Times readership?  Chad_z | 11/14/05
You do need to be a geek to understand it (NT)  voska | 11/15/05
more learning of it all the time  info@... | 11/14/05
Boycott the entire industry...  HypnoToad | 11/14/05
Agree, old age and treachery  signmike2001@... | 11/15/05
share the music  signmike2001@... | 11/15/05
a neccesary evil, boycott  signmike2001@... | 11/15/05
I've boycotted more than music...  BitTwiddler | 11/15/05
At work?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/05
Sorry, can't resist...  Real World | 11/14/05
ROFL... Freudian slip?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/05
He meant: Ear buds.  Grayson Peddie | 11/14/05
I only work in a small company  Michael Kelly | 11/14/05
Some places can't stop admin access  Dazza_z | 11/14/05
You're A Problem User  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
Message has been deleted.  Reverend MacFellow | 11/14/05
You are obviously one sick puppy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/05
Hmm...  lawryll@... | 11/14/05
Wow...can this qualify for the Darwin awards?  lawryll@... | 11/14/05
Now now  Boot_Agnostic | 11/15/05
Message has been deleted.  Reverend MacFellow | 11/14/05
Excuse me? Companies started prohibiting use private CD's? Is it a news?  FirstNLastN | 11/14/05
Excuse ME!!!  jrbuttons | 11/14/05
I think he said something about our moms!  Linux Advocate | 11/14/05
Access to local CD at large corporation  vulcan666 | 11/14/05
Not so...  lawryll@... | 11/14/05
Not so...  lawryll@... | 11/14/05
I Worked At A Fortune 200 CO, CDs Were OK  PMC-CON | 11/14/05
Sony CD clampdown.  Captain-Video | 11/14/05
Sony should be "incarcerated" by the FBI  MadMan1 | 11/14/05
All well and good... except...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/14/05
It's about Sony/BMG.  Grayson Peddie | 11/15/05
DUH...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/15/05
All well and good... except...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/14/05
How do you incarerate a Brandname?  voska | 11/15/05
Being owned  whisperycat | 11/15/05
Breath in...  NonZealot | 11/15/05
But wait ... there's more ...  whisperycat | 11/15/05
breath out...  NonZealot | 11/15/05
No_Point from Non_Zealot  whisperycat | 11/15/05
Your Ignorance is Showing..  Wolfie2K3 | 11/15/05
rootkits & spyware  signmike2001@... | 11/15/05
We disable autorun in the local policy...  BitTwiddler | 11/15/05
flawed logic  drew1313 | 11/15/05
Sony's software won't stop copying  stan@... | 11/17/05
True true  Boot_Agnostic | 11/15/05
RE: LINUX GEEK  Naremus | 11/15/05
SONY IS GETTING DESPERATE  fakir005@... | 11/15/05
one more reason to not buy sony  gsweely | 11/15/05
Sony rootkit.Give it a rest  adanuf | 11/16/05
RE: Sony rootkit.Give it a rest by adanuf  btljooz | 11/16/05
Reply by adanuf  adanuf | 11/18/05

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