On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 01:04:35 +1000 Raena Lea-Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is an article about some alleged Linux attackingTrojan. Is this a load of > trojan horse do or has anyone come across it? > > > http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=0&Art_ID=12242 > -- George V. Hulme, InformationWeek > Friday, 20 June 2003 > > There's a new security threat out on the Internet, but it's not clear how much > of a threat it really is. > [...] > > The Trojan currently attacks Linux-based systems, Ingevaldson says, but it > could easily be ported to other operating-system platforms. Many businesses > use Linux as the operating system for their Web servers. >From the article it looks like its not self propagating. Keep your machine patches and you shouldn't have problems. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
