On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 13:09, Dennis Myers wrote: > Sorry didn't mean to imply what you were showing us was trivial. Far from it, > I run snort, a firewall and check syslogs frequently. We do have a bit less > to worry about for now though. But one day the numbers will justify crackers > attempting on a regular basis, to access our comps. Intrusion detection and > antivirus for linux will be the norm. I do agree with you sorry if I sounded > otherwise.
Just y'all keep in mind THIS tidbit: You and I - right NOW, can write horribly damaging macros or viruses for Microsoft Windows computers - in less than 15 minutes - AND send them out to the world and have this hit mainstream in less than 12 hours, causing lots of damage. For you and I to write/engineer a "trojan" or "script" for linux, it's going to take a hell of a lot of study and thinking to get it done; as per a mate of mine in "corporate security" it would take a good number of hours, a hell of a lot of testing prior to it being "released" - and it wouldn't be anything to do with email, it would be an unknown attack that would have to spread out from KNOWN unix and linux boxes. ...so, with the mindset of "script kiddies" and the virus writers, it's too much work, too much bother. -- Sun Jun 1 16:40:00 EST 2003 16:40:00 up 2 days, 1:49, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.09, 0.08 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations -- it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir. -- Stuart Keate
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