Well, that settles a few arguments for me and some people regarding 'the most secure OS's. I keep reading about pirated software that runs on linux/unix as well, so going by the mac bot nets, there must be a Linux systems in a lot of bot nets now. May be now that the Mac people are on board things will get more interesting.
regards Joachim > http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157 > > But upon finding out that users who downloaded pirated > versions of iWork and > Photoshop are now part of a botnet makes a lot of sense. No > matter how > secure a OS you build, your downfall will be the practices > of the end users. > With Linux there is less incentive to hunt down pirated > software since > almost all the software is free. > > This is not a knock against Apple or OSX, clearly the users > are to blame. > But with the permissions and other security measures on > UNIX like systems, > you would need the end user to install the software. You > can't get away with > drive by infections. > so i guess when i downloaded the pirated ilife 09 i > probably joined the bot > net too!!! > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Niles Collins > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I did not believe it when I read the article. > > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157 > > > > But upon finding out that users who downloaded pirated > versions of iWork > > and Photoshop are now part of a botnet makes a lot of > sense. No matter how > > secure a OS you build, your downfall will be the > practices of the end users. > > With Linux there is less incentive to hunt down > pirated software since > > almost all the software is free. > > > > This is not a knock against Apple or OSX, clearly the > users are to blame. > > But with the permissions and other security measures > on UNIX like systems, > > you would need the end user to install the software. > You can't get away with > > drive by infections. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
