-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 October 20, 2003 02:54 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:39:44 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > You may find this interesting: > > > > http://www.virusbtn.com/news/latest_news/granneman.xml
Another misguided attempt by an MS apologist to deflect with smoke and mirrors, with a leavening of faulty logic, what is widely known: The average semi technophobic user, especially after being saturation bombed for years with the official Microsoft party line by "tech journalists", can leave themselves wide open to anything malicious entities can dream up. The operating system is irrelevant. It's just takes a whale of a lot more effort, and can be a lot more difficult, to screw up while using GNU/Linux. As my maternal grandfather was wont to say "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Especially in large groups." <insert maniacal laughter> I wonder if he thinks he's being "cool" by calling users "wet ware." If he thinks he's a wit he's (maybe) half right. > > Anne > > <sigh> Here we go again. > > As has happened many times before, the author of this piece of > journalistic tripe is trolling for controversy. > > The *fact* is that Linux is several times more resistant to trivial > exploits than Windows. There is no one in the security field with more > than ten brain cells who disputes this. > > Yes, it is possible to exploit Linux platforms, just like it's possible > to exploit any platform. The question is: is it *trivial*? > > Windows: yes. Linux: no. > > The article this "journalist" seeks to rebut makes this point fairly > well, it's not propaganda, it's not wishful thinking or anyone burying > their heads in the sand. It's just an observation of something that is > common knowledge. > > Let's put it this way, as someone on my local LUG list said: > > Take a default install of any Linux distro, and a default install of > Windows, connect them to the internet with no firewall or any antivirus > software, and see which one gets compromised 1st. > > Anyone care to bet? > > C'mon, I'll give you ten to one on the Windows box... ;-) According to a page my ISP once displayed in the members area of their site, any Windows system connected to their network is likely to be exploited/infected within 12-24 hours if a default install with no security software is used. Seems they've removed that page or I just don't remember where it was. Probably the former and I wonder why. (-; I wonder who "Pete Sargeant" is when he isn't posting ridiculous crap on web sites. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 15:36:47 up 30 days, 5:00, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.14, 0.14 Your ignorance cramps my conversation. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lFpdG11CaRuZZSIRAsRGAJ93CCeyOMmuJ7AgMfxgKAfxtuAJHgCfVwzL 7Kb9fQzpF+X+BzG4/2AQGIU= =B/Ci -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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