Don't new Linux distros which blur the "root" concept (Ubuntu to some extent, Lindows, etc) make Linux more attractive to virus-makers? While the underlying security philosophy of Linux/UNIX (i.e. the *kernel*) is secure, we can't make the same guarantee for the *OS* built on top of it.
"Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost 2009/7/10 Niles Collins <[email protected]> > I kind of agree with Bruce Schneier. It is impossible to make that claim. > Macs do get viruses, but they rely more on social engineering than windows > viruses do. There was the Photoshop trojan from earlier this year that was > contained in torrents for the mac version of photoshop. Photoshop was clean > but the crack used to register the program contained the malware. > > As the market share for *NIX bases OSes gets larger I except that the > number of attacks directed towards them will increase. > > link to the photoshop article: > http://www.atomicsub.net/2009/01/apple-trojan-strikes-again/ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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