Am Donnerstag, 23. August 2007 10:41 schrieb Joachim Schrod:
But, as you can read from the other answers to my post, these results are obvioulsy dreamed by me and my customers pay for nothing, because "every linux/unix/*ix box on the planet is not owned by hackers and spammers while so many possible exploits exist", as Ken Jennings put it so succinctly. No, no, no. "Every ... is not owned" -- guys, now I've got it: There are *NO* owned Linux boxes out there, none at all. You read it here, so it's true. I should close down the part of my company that's testing and securing linux/unix systems for my customers; it's not necessary.
Well, by public acclamation, I seem to be wrong, and rest my case.
It's true what he says, we've to face the fact, we're not invincible (yup, even if some of us like to to propagate). The fact that Linux/Unix structure is different to windows, doesn't make it unattackable, some things might be more difficult, right. But a desktop system is always vulnerable, user wants to have this comfort and pay the bill - same as in windows. Something different might be on the side of the Server systems, where almost no user actions are taking part, it's rather difficult to exploit them(if maintained correctly). Greetings Michael (yeah, I know I' making myself unpopular :P but face it, we wanted everyone to believe it, that Linux is unvulnerable("No Viruses", "Very secure", etc.) we gotta be honest with ourself and remember, we're not unvulnerable - this becomes especially important when we introduce new members! Letting them believe they can do everything with Linux and being safe of every form of attack is wrong! We gotta educate and strong their sense for a 'good' Internet behaviour.)