The recent report by the CCIA gave us an academic viewpoint as to why Windows is a blight on the Internet.
This article provides a concrete example as to why Windows machines should be disconnected from the Internet, quarantined, and otherwise shut out, wherever possible, until MS decides to take responsibility for this outrageous lack of security. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60747,00.html Quote: "According to Tubul, his group controls 450,000 "Trojaned" systems, most of them home computers running Windows with high-speed connections. The hacked systems contain special software developed by the Polish group that routes traffic between Internet users and customers' websites through thousands of the hijacked computers." -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. -- Stanley Kubrick
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
