On Thursday 29 January 2004 12:47 am, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:50:38PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
Migrating them to a new OS won't help - only education will.
No, but it'll likely go a long way in limiting damage if they're not
root.
It may limit the damage - but it will
s. keeling wrote:
Incoming from Scarletdown:
How's about something like this?
Dear Linux user,
Please find the NEW LINUX Virus program called HONOR. Since this
Scenario 1:
Hey Boss; the mailserver's hosed again.
How did that happen?
Someone checked their mail.
Scenario 2:
Hey Boss; the
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 09:42:33AM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
If a user will open a random zip file they received in their email and run
its contents, they will certainly enter their root password when prompted
to do so.
Again, it's a correctable
Hi There,
Why is debian-* the place to go to complain about Windows viruses?!?
I don't think I know (and I don't want to hazard a guess).
I choose Linux Debian to avoid Windows and all its cracks and
deficiencies. Others (perhaps including you?) use Linux/Debian in a
pointless attempt to
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..the more Linux systems, or the more open source systems, out there
the more likely that people will be interested in actually cracking
Others have already debunked that theory. Does Windows get cracked
more often because there's more Windows? No, it's
s. keeling wrote:
Incoming from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
..the more Linux systems, or the more open source systems, out there
the more likely that people will be interested in actually cracking
Others have already debunked that theory. Does Windows get cracked
more often because there's more
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 07:44 pm, s. keeling wrote:
Does Windows get cracked more often because there's more Windows? No,
it's because Windows is more crackable
I also think the Windows is hacked more because it's more popular
argument is bogus. The point I like to use is this: IIS flaws
Incoming from Scarletdown:
How's about something like this?
Dear Linux user,
Please find the NEW LINUX Virus program called HONOR. Since this
Scenario 1:
Hey Boss; the mailserver's hosed again.
How did that happen?
Someone checked their mail.
Scenario 2:
Hey Boss; the mailserver's
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:04:52AM +1030, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And the more that Linux systems succumb to the usability vs security
(eg by having passwordless root logins or everyone running about as
admin) then we'll become the targets for the
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:50:38PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
Migrating them to a new OS won't help - only education will.
No, but it'll likely go a long way in limiting damage if they're not root.
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