>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn >Sent: Sunday, 7 September 2003 10:30 PM >To: Mandrake Newbie >Subject: [newbie] Virus - let's go over this again, shall we? > > >I really hate having to go over this subject again and again and again, >but there has to be some understanding and education for those that >really don't understand the nature of writing a virus/trojan/script. > >As of the past few weeks, we've all see SoBig and Blaster bouncing >around - ok - so that's not news; however, the understanding must be >solid in as much as the bugs MIGHT get relayed to Windows machines from >unix/linux machines, but the unix/linux machines are in no way affected; >the spread is mostly through email - or relaying through an email >server; the bugs cannot be propogated in unix/linux as there is no means >by which they can operate. > >It is inherently COMPLEX to write a trojan/script/virus for unix/linux >or MacOS 10 - and no matter how wide-spread the usage of unix/linux or >MacOS 10, the intricacies and level of skill and understanding are in >themselves prohibitive; the people that are capable of even doing so are >being paid large sums of money to do real work and they would barely >have the time to dedicate to such a task - and a task it would be. > >Just due to the absolute nature of the unix/linux/bsd/Mac OS/X operating >system(s) it's hard to even create something based solely on social >engineering as programs/scripts cannot be run in the same manner as on a >Windows based OS. > >So, in essence, no matter how wide spread linux gets, it's going to be a >tad bit more than plain out and out difficult to create the same type of >annoyances that are currently plaguing the Windows-world - and if you >don't believe what I'm stating here in plain English, please by all >means, read up on the subject - visit all the hack sites, dig into the >complexities of writing nasties for linux - then you'll come to >understand what I'm spewing here. > >/rant >
FRANKI: Stephen, this new thing of yours.. making sense and stuff.. is very good, you should go with that more often :-)
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