On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Exibar wrote: > But not 100% safe though... there are Linux viruses,
Such as ... ? > what about all those e-mails that > try to steal my SS# and CC#'s? Never had one of those, because our anti-spam system blocks them. > Education is the key, not the OS that you run or don't run. That's not entirely true; the OS makes a huge difference. > > A default install of a modern Linux distro includes firewalling rules > > by default, and is fairly safe. > there aren't any holes in that Linux distro? There are, but none are exploitable remotely on our systems. > there sure are, pleanty of them. Oh, so the Personal Firewall is > protecting the user... interesting, aren't there Personal Firewalls > for Windows OS's? Tons of them.... Linux has them built-in, and on modern distributions, turned on by default. > > Because it is impossible to use Windows safely; the very design of the > > operating system is flawed. This is not just my opinion; it's also that > > of Bruce Schneier and many other people, some of whom lost their jobs > it IS possible to use Windows safely, with Education of the user. It's probably also possible to weld safely while standing knee-deep in gasoline. You just have to be really careful. Or you can start with a secure foundation and then add user-education. > I don't buy that you block them ONLY to save disk space and stop > annoying messages... don't buy it at all.... I don't care what you buy or don't buy, but it's the truth. We don't run Windows, so we aren't susceptible to the viruses in the wild. > > We have since 1999, and haven't had any problem. If you don't use > Windows, > you don't need anti-virus software. > Ignorance is bliss they say... If you honestly and truely believe > what you say, more power to you. I honestly hope that nothing bad > happens to your systems due to a virus outbreak that A/V software > would have taken care of.... There is no A/V virus designed to protect Linux systems. There is A/V software that runs on Linux, but it's designed to catch Windows viruses. I've been in the computer security business for a while now; I think I know what I'm doing. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
