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On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 6:40:24 PM, _Craig wrote:
_> So if you must have your intellectual property on a computer
_> attached to the internet, you'll have to trust your trading
_> software,
That's the bottom line, and the most difficult to believe with TS.
_> For now, and at the very least, get a firewall/VPN hardware
_> appliance and have your trading stuff on one computer and your web
_> browsing/email on another.
A good idea in any case, if only to ease the task of recovery should
something happen. BUT - the above is of no use at all if the rogue
code is part of TS. It is much too easy to tap in, and extremely
difficult to detect and/or prove if encrypted. The amount of info
transferred is rather small, and the time available to do it is quite
large - a drop in the bucket, so to speak. A tiny bit of code, a few
bytes now and then, and soon you have it all.
Also, this would require the cooperation of TS to find/prove it. I
can't begin to imagine them wanting to risk exposing such a thing - it
is a candidate for a big cover up, if anything. Easiest thing is to
ignore it, or maybe even share the wealth. :-)
It is MUCH too tempting to resist.
ztrader
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