I hope I'm as fortunate Jason.
On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 10:40 +1300, Jason Greenwood wrote:
> I have run Linux of various flavours for about 6 years now (Desktop and
> Server) and I run no special anti-virus software whatsoever. I keep my
> distros updated and they all include sensible firewall rules. I have
> never had ANY security breaches that I am aware of in that time...
>
> My .0002c worth.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason
>
> Robert Himmelmann wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> >> Yes linux is safer, but its neither 100% safe nor idiot proof, for a
> >> failrly low level of idiocy :-) You might spend the rest of your life on
> >> a dialup non firewalled linux box and never regret it. You won't find
> >> that experience on some oses - unpatched box taken over in 10 minutes -
> >> we all know the stories.
> >>
> >>
> > I think 4 minutes is the latest figure for Windows XP SP1 without
> > firewall or antivirus.
> >
>
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