On Thursday 07 February 2008 10:55, Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
Aaron Kulkis:
Sloan wrote:
Philippe Landau wrote:
I almost never click on a tinyurl as i don't know what it hides.
I'm a linux user, I click on anything i feel like, without fear or viruses or spyware ;)
Same here.
Security by insignificance? I'd consider getting rid of that habit whenever it will be judged by interested parties that linux desktops now ranged in the significant amounts. Or your specific box gets to be judged significant.
I don't think that even comes close to characterizing Joe's statement. He knows what's possible when retrieving and interpreting HTML and JavaScript in his browser and has a reasonable belief that it cannot cause his system harm nor allow the establishment of a beachhead from which attacks may be launched against other systems
The notion that malware on linux was technically not feasible is highly irrational. I think experienced senior linux users shouldn't keep on spreading this deceptive mantra. You should know better.
No one says it's "technically not feasible." What we reasonably believe is that exploits are actively sought out by the user, security and developer community and, when found, expeditiously fixed by the developers. Thus we have far less exposure to malware exploits than do Windows users.
Malware is not entirely about root, remember? John Doe user accounts with dsl pipes, privacy breaches, Apps-can-do-all etc. You know the list.
We do know those things, and we also know that Linux software is far less susceptible.
I think it'd be good long-term practice to rather gossip about sound and decent security awareness. On any desktop.
Eh? Gossip?? The Linux user and developer community engages in an ongoing and serious discussion of security. There's a whole openSUSE list devoted to it, and that's just one forum specific to security on Linux systems and software.
Be good, Wolfgang
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