--- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.
>On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:08:38 -0500 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > >> >> i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time >> see more efforts at virii for linux/os x/<name your fav new os> >> as they become more popular simply because there are those who >> enjoy seeing what holes they can find or simply enjoy destroying >> for destruction's sake. but i believe it will simply be more >> effort - not more successful virii, especially as long as >> updating is as (usually) painless as it is now. linux will >> eventually have it's own crises to deal with as new areas are >> discovered and explored. some may well bring linux downa notch >> or two, but this community has the benefit of open communication >> and remarkably fast response; any attack should be a short blip >> on the radar before it fades and we all move on. > >Actually, that's exactly what the author is saying, not that Linux is >impervious, but that the differences between the platforms, as has been >pointed out many times on this forum, make them vastly different in >terms of the difficulty of finding and executing an exploit. > >Linux, Unix, and Mac platforms would have to do a complete about-face >in terms of their approach to security in order to be as vulnerable as >Windows, *regardless of market share*. > >This is the crusade Stephen has started me on, to debunk this myth >wherever and whenever it rears it's ugly head. > unfortunately, from work all this qualifies as non-work related so i don't get to explore every offering (in other words, i didn't read the article *g*). but every once in a while one needs to throw their 1/2 cent's worth in anyway *g*.
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