Juha Siltala wrote: >>> Linux doesn't support viruses to begin with, so we don't need to worry >>> about fighting them. >> >> Wow! May be they'll add a feature to support viruses into 2.8? ;-) > > Well, saying "linux" there was not very smart on second thought. Any > process with root privileges will do :)
Nope. First, any process with usual user rights can do enough bad or destructive for (or on behalf of!) that user. Second, there always is potential (or even well-known) vulnerabilities in system libraries, utilities, daemons, kernel at last, so that process can gain root privileges. Linux supports viruses. -- Regards, Al Nikolov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
