On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Lars Marowsky-Bree
It's true that a traditional system setup has difficulty in spreading viruses, but against trojans the system is just as vulnerable; and local root exploits are not that rare, either.
Why do you say the system is just as vulnerable against/to trojans Trojans usually involve a replacement module for a system module. To get a trojan to work on linux, you have to: 1) Convince someone to download it, 2) put it in the path (usually ~/bin) 3) mark it executable That has stymied most trojans to date. Had it not, they would be common. They are not common, so those impediments must be highly effective. Local root exploits generally require the same. You have to get something to execute before it can exploit any pre-existing root weakness. -- ----------JSA--------- Sig line deleted for the humor impaired. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org