On Thursday 07 February 2008 19:55, Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
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.
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.
Why is it irrational? I disagree with that statement. Unless you can of course show me an attachment that auto-executes under linux.
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.
No, it's not all about root. But it is about doing something stupid. There's no other way to describe it. First it has to be downloaded/saved. Then it has to be made executable. Then it has to be run. If all three things are done, then yes, you have a problem. But it's a three step process.
I think it'd be good long-term practice to rather gossip about sound and decent security awareness. On any desktop.
True.. But you are a whole lot safer with linux that Microsoft products. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 10.0 Kernel 2.6.13 X86_64 KDE 3.4 Kmail 1.8 8:22pm up 176 days 0:54, 5 users, load average: 2.03, 2.13, 2.21 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org