On Friday 28 March 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote:
> IMHO, Linux and MAC are the next frontier for malware, and -SADLY-
> AntiMalware signature and heuristic techniques are one thing we can
> learn about from Windows :-(

True, but with one *huge* difference:

If something like ActiveX were to be unleashed on Linux, it will be 
fixed very quickly even if that requires an ABI change. We tend not to 
pull the "backwards compatibility" card, so obvious holes from that 
don't hang around for long

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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