> My interest in hacking comes from the perspective that the more I
> understand the system the better I can head off the hacker. At this time
> Linux is still a large question mark(I work in AutoCAD and
> Microstation), which in itself me how far Linux has come from being
> merely a hacker OS.
This is to me the most valuable statement here. You don't need to know
the basics of Linux in order to use it. It should be framed and put on
the wall.
> I was told last fall, by a friend, in not so many words, that I was
> foolish to take any time with Linux as it has a bunch of "back doors"
> left by programmers and was very dangerous from a security perspective.
> I don't know that isn't true, so I must take every precaution I can.
IMO Linux is more safe because all the backdoors are there, documented
for any programmer to fix. NT OTOH is full of holes that can only be
fixed by one tiny set of programmers. They're not reputed for doing a
too good job!
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