On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:08:38 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > > i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time > see more efforts at virii for linux/os x/<name your fav new os> > as they become more popular simply because there are those who > enjoy seeing what holes they can find or simply enjoy destroying > for destruction's sake. but i believe it will simply be more > effort - not more successful virii, especially as long as > updating is as (usually) painless as it is now. linux will > eventually have it's own crises to deal with as new areas are > discovered and explored. some may well bring linux downa notch > or two, but this community has the benefit of open communication > and remarkably fast response; any attack should be a short blip > on the radar before it fades and we all move on.
Actually, that's exactly what the author is saying, not that Linux is impervious, but that the differences between the platforms, as has been pointed out many times on this forum, make them vastly different in terms of the difficulty of finding and executing an exploit. Linux, Unix, and Mac platforms would have to do a complete about-face in terms of their approach to security in order to be as vulnerable as Windows, *regardless of market share*. This is the crusade Stephen has started me on, to debunk this myth wherever and whenever it rears it's ugly head. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The farther you go, the less you know. -- Lao Tsu, "Tao Te Ching"
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