On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 09:42, Marc wrote: > At one time someone here on the newbie list gave a link to a article that > did a nice simple job of explaining why it is next to impossible for a > succussfull linux virus to be created. I have been searching the archives and > have been unable to find it again. > Can anyone here point me to it? > > Thanks > Marc
The simple fact of the matter is that a virus cannot run in a secure environment; you have to have root privileges in order to do so; hence an attack on a linux box is generally from outside, and not inside - unless someone was successful at running a rootkit on the machine in question. stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Stone circles were common enough everywhere in the mountains. Druids built them as weather computers, and since it was always cheaper to build a new 33-Megalith circle than to upgrade an old slow one, there were generally plenty of ancient ones around (Lords and Ladies)
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