Am 22.10.2011 17:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 10/22/2011 05:07 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >>> there aren't any Linux viruses, >> >> Except for the ones listed on the page below, which is probably >> incomplete. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware >> >> But yeah, on a linux desktop (especially a Gentoo one) you don't need >> a virus scanner. Yet. > > There are literally *millions* of Windows viruses. The Wikipedia page > just proves Linux has virtually no viruses, and those listed don't even > work anymore (exploits have been patched long ago.) Most existing Linux > malware targets servers (like PHP software exploits in forums, wikis, > etc) and desktop users don't need to worry. > > Furthermore, even if there were enough Linux viruses to worry about, > there isn't a good way of getting infected. On Windows, you download > random executables from the net. On Gentoo, you install your stuff > through portage. It's nearly impossible to get infected. >
Unless you hijack one of the portage mirrors or stage a man-in-the-middle attack. Only a few manifest files in the official portage tree are signed with PGP and even there I don't think emerge checks the keys, only the normal hash keys. That is something that bugs me for ages. Regards, Florian Philipp
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