Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
On 2008-07-09T18:26:58, M Harris
wrote: The public still has the mistaken impression that computer viruses (also trojans, worms, etc) are practical for all operating systems. This is stated on the net over and over and over... and its a lie. The design of *nix systems (including MAC) prevents 99% of all practical viri that are possible in windows (name your flavor). Penetrating the other 1% of potential vulnerability is just not practical.
Right. There never was a sendmail worm.
The internet was a different place in 1988. Systems were basically wide open, and there was a lot of trust. Heck, you could telnet from a server at University of California to a server at MIT back then. In the years since 1988, unix/internet security has hardened considerably, while microsoft is just now taking baby steps towards security it seems. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org