Hi I wanted to trigger a conversation here on why Viruses infect Windows PCs and not GNU/Linux systems,
Dr. Nagarjuna explained the concept of a file in a posix file system is never set with execute permissions by default and that's why a GNU/Linux system cannot get infected with a Virus. The only way a program (virus) could infect the system would be is if a user actually saved an attachment to disk, then did a 'chmod 755 attachment' and then executed it by either double clicking it or ./attachment... Thus the user would have to be really dumb to infect his computer. ;-) Anyone care to comment or add to this? All thoughts are most welcome since I am keen on the education more than anything. Also I'm also wondering if I could be mistaken and that there are potentially problems / vulnerabilities on a GNU/Linux system... Regards Rishi -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
