backing up windows

[Ian Stephen]

On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 01:03, Keith Antoine wrote:
<snip>
> free cd's, included 'Ext2FS Anywhere 2,5'. It had some blurb about being
> able to see linux partitions and files from windows.
> 
> I thought that this was one of those windows hacks, but decided to give it
> a try. Lo and behold it managed to find and mount the partitions I wished 
> to see : i.e /home /backup /build etc. I can transfer files back and forth just as 
> I can from a linux booted system.
<snip>
> Skippy


Will this new toy enable Windows viruses to attack Linux partitions on a
dual-boot machine, or Linux machines on a mixed-platform network?
-- 
Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>