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The 12KB Bomb
Kelly Martin, 2004-03-17

It only takes a 12KB virus for total system compromise and a highly effective spam engine. Anyone can make one. Some assembly required.

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not just a microsoft problem 2004-03-17
Dmitriy Martynov
Great article, although it is not merely a Microsoft problem. Take virtually any OS, and it will be a monolith that can potentially be taken down with a few kilobytes of malicious code. Software comes out to maximaze the use of the hardware. For example, MacOS X does not run very well on my G3 Pismo...

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