As the CEO of a company that does security consulting, I can confirm that malware is not restricted to Windows in its effectivity. Windows malware volume is larger, but it's frightening to see the mindset "we're safe because we run Unix/Linux/MacOS/take your pick" that appears in many posts in this thread. Remembering this thread was not just Linux in general, but Linux as a Desktop OS, I am not convinced that Linux by design and by usage is less secure or even close to a Windows desktop. They all need security
We have been called quite some time to clean up security incidents with Unix systems (Linux included) at customers -- and these were folks with enterprise-level IT processes. More exposed processes raise the risk, and warrant more protection. Servers, or server processes, will be more vulnerable to and more often attacked, but that is not the topic of this discussion. These servers are not desktops and hopefully do not have an admin of the sort we have
I shudder when I think about the perceived security of private users. Could you elaborate? But obviously this real-life experience and the untold man-hours that were needed for cleanup can not happen because they must not happen. I appreciate your real life input, but I am not sure you fully understand the scope of this discussion. I'm not sure you would say all systems are equally insecure, but if your experience has shown that to you, I will defer. Mine doesn't, so I will agree to disagree with that
On 08/08/2007 08:59 PM, Joachim Schrod wrote: patches, but I believe the Linux community responds quicker. I use Linux fairly often to clean infected media from Windows users, i.e. USB drives, knowing they pose me little threat. No one is saying we are safe just because we run Linux, but that we believe we are much SAFER than if we ran Windows. Are you saying this is false? theorized. point, and will continue to believe I am much SAFER running Linux on my personal home computer than I would be if I ran Windows, even as a knowledgeable user, because the design of Linux is fundamentally better and more secure than Windows. It is far from perfect, but much better. I appreciate your viewpoint, but can't totally agree. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org