Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-11 Thread Tomáš Bodžár
Yes,no OS is safe : http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Social-engineering-attack-allowed-consultant-to-a ccess-companys-data-room-and-steal-passwords/article/136278/ 2009/5/8 Noah Pugsley noa...@bendtel.com: +1 for friday laughs. (private) HKS wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bob Beck

No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Chris Harries
This is more of a grammar/wording question, but it does go on to the security of OS's in general. Was having a read of this; http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html And the last comment made me think about OpenBSD. The article closes by saying this shows that no

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Felipe Alfaro Solana
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Chris Harries ch...@sharescope.co.uk wrote: This is more of a grammar/wording question, but it does go on to the security of OS's in general. Was having a read of this; http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html And the last

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Ian Turner
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: We could debate why OpenBSD is inherently more secure than Windows (in fact we could debate why almost any operating system is inherently more secure than Windows). The point here is OpenBSD is inherently more

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Michal
: 08 May 2009 13:49 To: Felipe Alfaro Solana Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: No OS safe?? On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: We could debate why OpenBSD is inherently more secure than Windows (in fact we could debate why almost any operating system

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Felipe Alfaro Solana
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ian Turner iturner.c...@gtalumni.org wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: We could debate why OpenBSD is inherently more secure than Windows (in fact we could debate why almost any operating system is

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 11:34:44AM +0100, Chris Harries wrote: This here problem of downloading a dodgy copy of Photoshop which opens you up for a BotNet is something that can effect all OS's.but is that completely true? Can the same thing happen to an OpenBSD machine and is there no way

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Bob Beck
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html It's a *botnet* guys, installed by *trojan* i.e. by tricking the stupid idiot at the keyboard into doing something retarded. The OS can be the most secure thing on the planet and if the person at the keyboard is stupid you'll

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread (private) HKS
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bob Beck b...@openbsd.org wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html It's a *botnet* guys, installed by *trojan* i.e. by tricking the stupid idiot at the keyboard into doing something retarded. The OS can be the most secure

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread bofh
Well, that's because you didn't get the pro version which comes with locks and cables. On 5/8/09, (private) HKS hks.priv...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bob Beck b...@openbsd.org wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html It's a *botnet*

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Daniel Melameth
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:17 PM, (private) HKS hks.priv...@gmail.com wrote: Wait, so you're saying OpenBSD can't even protect me from myself? Also I left my laptop running OpenBSD on a table at Starbucks while I went to the bathroom and when I came back it was gone! So much for secure by

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Noah Pugsley
+1 for friday laughs. (private) HKS wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bob Beck b...@openbsd.org wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ibotnet-trojan.html It's a *botnet* guys, installed by *trojan* i.e. by tricking the stupid idiot at the keyboard