On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 13:02 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > Is Fedora really that secure? Even if we limit the discussion to email viruses, that's a very complex and difficult question (to which the answer is "yes" :-). It's not an attribute exclusive to Fedora as such, but to all Unix-based systems, mainly for three reasons: 1) The mail client isn't running as root. 2) Even when running as root, Linux mail clients won't blindly execute attachments. 3) Even for executable attachments, the virus is written for Windows and won't run on Linux. Of course it's in principle possible to get past all the above barriers, so *in theory* you can have a Linux virus, assuming the user is stupid enough to run an unknown executable. As I say, I've never seen one in the wild. > I come from windows and I am amazed at how not secure windows is. See (3) above. Most viruses are written for Windows as it's the most popular platform. MS likes to pretend that's the only reason it gets all the grief, but there are other factors. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
