Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-25 Thread Gordon JC Pearc e
On 22/03/12 15:17, Louigi Verona wrote: The typical argument is that there are not too much users. I generally do not agree with this argument and point to architectural reasons, number of distros, community reasons and the openness of the platform. Additionally, I even argue that the more

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-25 Thread Gordon JC Pearc e
On 24/03/12 21:19, Jeff McClintock wrote: Lignux systems only have write access to their home directories, which the system does not run software from by default. So Malware can trash your personal documents and steal your identity.but the kernel is safe? The malware has to be able to

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-25 Thread Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
On Saturday 24 March 2012, Paul Davis wrote: even though CORBA attempted to do object management before MS, its design never really took off, whereas MS's DOM model has been quite successful when viewed through certain lenses. DOM? Document Object Model? like in HTML and XML documents

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-24 Thread Jeff McClintock
Mar 2012 20:15:23 -0400 From: David Robillard d...@drobilla.net Subject: Re: [LAD] Linux Malware To: Louigi Verona louigi.ver...@gmail.com Cc: Linux Audio Developers linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org Message-ID: 1332548123.6586.15.ca...@verne.drobilla.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-24 Thread Geoff Beasley
On 03/25/2012 08:19 AM, Jeff McClintock wrote: Yeah, While the average programmer makes 20 errors per 1000 lines-of-code. Linux programmers, having being on a mission form god, NEVER make such mistakes, therefore Linux is has no exploitable flaws. It's a reality that Linux (and it's programmers)

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-24 Thread Paul Davis
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Geoff Beasley ge...@laughingboyrecords.com wrote: It's a reality that Linux (and it's programmers) have been at the forefront of computer software design and implementation; and that will continue. Microsoft have never been. this isn't actually true.

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-24 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
On 03/23/2012 07:15 PM, David Robillard wrote: Windows, on the other hand, traditionally had users running with complete access to the system. Add to the mix notoriously flaky low-quality code, slow moving development, and a core system built from numerous layers of piled legacy crap, and it'd

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-23 Thread Jostein Chr. Andersen
Reply to All / Reply to List On Thursday 22 March 2012 18.17.46 Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? The typical argument is that

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-23 Thread Gordon JC Pearc e
On 22/03/12 15:17, Louigi Verona wrote: The typical argument is that there are not too much users. I generally do not agree with this argument and point to architectural reasons, number of distros, community reasons and the openness of the platform. Additionally, I even argue that the more

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-23 Thread David Robillard
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 18:17 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? The typical argument is that there are not too much users.

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-23 Thread Paul Davis
On 3/23/12, David Robillard d...@drobilla.net wrote: On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 18:17 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? The

[LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-22 Thread Louigi Verona
Hey guys! This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? The typical argument is that there are not too much users. I generally do not agree with this argument and point to

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-22 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? Technically I could be wrong, but ... Lots of viruses come via

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-22 Thread Luis Garrido
I would say your friends are essentially correct. To put an extreme example, there is only so much an operating system can do for security-unconscious users that will grant root permissions to an unknown executable that promises adult content or the Linux port of Angry Birds. Knowledgeable

Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

2012-03-22 Thread Emanuel Rumpf
Am 22. März 2012 16:17 schrieb Louigi Verona louigi.ver...@gmail.com: what are the reasons there are (almost) no viruses on Linux? I don't write them for Linux, because I don't want to infect my own system :)) OK that was a joke. I don't write viruses and would have to guess an answer :)