"My Sandbox" ...you just kill me, you know it?
:-) --jms > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john beamon > Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] security through obscurity > > > The Unix user base is anything but small. Most of the > doctor's offices > and small hospitals in this area run SCO; the biggest one > runs AIX with > PC's connected to it. Every interent account at EATEL or NTG > is a Unix > user account. I know one would think that POP and personal web space > doesn't make one a "user", but that's the word the system > uses when you > add them. Of the millions of Linux desktop users out there, > there are > precious few who've ever been wormed by Lion or that thing > ZDNet keeps > saying jumps back and forth between Linux and Windows. What a load. > People who run Linux all day logged in as root like that > shoot themselves > in the foot. That goes back to my suggestion that Windows > really ought to > have users work in a "My Sandbox" and prompt them for an > Admin password > when anything tries to make system changes. Unix doesn't > have viruses > because-and-when people don't run it as root. The famous > sendmail worm of > so many years ago hit sendmail because it runs as root, case > in point. > It's impossible for anything in my Linux email to infect a > system binary, > period. I could lose $HOME, but that's about it. > > -- > -j > > John Beamon > > On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, mat branyon wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 01:52:30 -0500 > > From: mat branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [brlug-general] security through obscurity > > > > i know the whole security through obscurity crap that microsoft is > > trying to sell is crap. but if you think about it, *nix > doesnt really > > have many viruses because the user base is small (compared to M$). > > you could say that well, ok, and i agree, the user base is > also has a > > minimum iq requirement, but then, i havent heard of mac viruses > > either... just thought i would share a thought > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
