A Constructive Look at TempleOS

Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by MichaelGG on Monday June 08, 2015 @09:47PM (#9683639)

What stops someone from creating files that exploit memory safety or other security issues, then sending them to a TempleOS user? Sure, they have to load the file into the system, but if they're using the OS it'd be safe to assume there's a way to do this.

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Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by ams6110 on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:06PM (#9683691)

And then do what?

Exploiting a non-networked machine isn't very useful. There's no practical way to get any data back, to use it as a bot worker, or to send spam, so what's the point?

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Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by 8_hours_ago on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:36PM (#9683773)

Maybe encrypt all their data and hold the keys ransom? I remember a few Windows viruses that did that a few years ago.

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Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by kragen on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:24PM (#9683912)

You must be young. Viruses were a thing in the 80s already.

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Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by MichaelGG on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:14PM (#9683883)

Smuggle data out in whatever format the user saves data? Corrupt calculations so the user ends up destroying expensive equipment? It's the same issue as attacking airgapped networks.

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Re:A Constructive Look at TempleOS by irishcoffee on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:17PM (#9683895)

Ever head of a little virus called stuxnet?

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