Re: [debian] Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-19 Thread Lee Braiden
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:56, Keith Bates wrote: Not to be pedantic, but the generally accepted plural of virus is viruses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus By definition, you are being pedantic :-) Or at least prescriptive in the terms of the article. Not to be pedantic,

Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Mauro Parra
Hello, On 5/18/05, Deboo ^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've heard people say that virii have come in to linux too, nowadays. What kind of virii are these and where can I get info about how to secure system against them? You can get more info at this links:

Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Deboo ^ wrote: I've heard people say that virii have come in to linux too, nowadays. What kind of virii are these and where can I get info about how to secure system against them? Are these the windows virii that just enter the gateways or specially written linux virii have come out? How

RE: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Steven Jones
-Original Message- From: Mauro Parra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2005 1:14 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Virii on linux Hello, On 5/18/05, Deboo ^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've heard people say that virii have come

Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Steven Jones wrote: While several anti-virus companies have shown Linux virii in their labs there has not been one seen in the wild. They have tried really hard to FUD users into buying their products but generally have failed. Not Linux, per se, but the slapper worm hit OpenLDAP users a few

Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Calin Burley
these are not windows virii, these are virii specially written and compiled for a linux computer Deboo ^ wrote: I've heard people say that virii have come in to linux too, nowadays. What kind of virii are these and where can I get info about how to secure system against them? Are these the

Re: [debian] Re: Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Keith Bates
On Wed, 18 May 2005 21:27:25 -0400 Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: I've heard people say that virii have come in to linux too, nowadays. What kind of virii are these and where can I get info about how to secure system against them? Are these the windows virii