Jon and Hannah wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:36:07 pm you wrote:
> > I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go
> > via the line that we are immune to viruses, like Apple users have done
> > for many years.
>
> Wasn't there a virus for unix systems a few years ago that slowed almost the
> entire internet to an almost halt?
A reasonable telling of the history:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2634313/posts
That history lacks a telling of whether these were zero-day exploits
or exploits against old versions of software which could have easily
been prevented by keeping systems up-to-date.
Erik
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