On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 00:45, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:25:04 -0400 > Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: > > > Ahhh, right. I mean, why would a hacker bother to try to hit Linux when all > > he would manage to do is compromise thousands of machines that make up the > > entire Internet backbone. I mean, what would be the good in, say > > compromising all the google clusters and disrupting the primary search engine > > of the Internet? The other script kiddies would probably laugh you out of > > the Internet cafe when talking about that compared to, oh, sending out a > > brain-dead virus built from a kit, using a vulerability that was published a > > year ago, that hits home users who haven't updated their software since they > > bought their computer. Yeah, it must be that whole windows popularity thing, > > I am sure that the comparitive difficulty in targeting Linux over windows has > > absolutely nothing to do with it. Pull the other one. > > ROFLMAO! Nice...that's a keeper. > > The far less amusing version, dare I post it again: > > http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188
Haven't we been over this more than enough in the past three years? "Save the attachment to your drive; un-tar/un-gzip it; cd into the virus directory; type sudo ./configure && make && make install; then run sudo /usr/bin/virus" - sit back and watch your system fry." On a side note, by leaving telnet and ftp and ssh ports opened, along with not having a working and tested firewall, a system might be breached as well - but still a tougher job to pull off than say, downloading a virus kit from Astalavista, modifying the code, and chucking it out on the net in through spoofed email... -- 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. (1) X=Y ; Given (2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X (3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides (4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor (5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term (6) 2Y=Y ; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1 (7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y -- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
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