On 6/17/07, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW, the end user today is really a small and insignificant fish to go after -- your bank account is 98% of the cases might be worth, what? A few thousand bucks? That is, if you're not drowning in debt like most people are.
For a particular user, his 10/100 bucks and personal data is all that matters. When it comes to virus-protection/security, it is important to defend against *all* forms of possible attacks to the best extent. Possible vulnerabilities only increases with the software stack. Not always should it be in the kernel or the database. Some of the below reports should help one recognise it(for solaris): [1] http://support.bb4.com/archive/200105/msg00218.html [2] http://www.virus.org/news/unix-security/solaris-telnet-worm.html [3] http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/solaris_in_telnetd_worm_seen [4] http://www.chkrootkit.org -> Check the long list of rootkits. Many of the rootkits are applicable for Solaris. I keep receiving the CERT advisories related to some of the platforms (including Solaris) that mention about the vulnerabilities and the patches to apply. This doesn't seem to indicate that Solaris systems are unbreakable inspite of user following all the correct practices. Check the number of security patches that are released every two months. Probably one can say, as it stands today Solaris is more secure vis-a-vis most other platforms. That doesn't mean there is no case for an anti-virus. regards Shiv _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
