Well, there might be more attacks, but the circumstances are radically different. Suffice it to say there are many more tools at hand to secure a linux/unix system. Also, the open nature of linux software assists because many more people can cooperate in assuring the reliability of that software. It's different from Microsoft in this important respect--where only Microsoft can deal with security holes, which it generally only does when it gets around to it. Furthermore, I would disagree that linux/unix is not under attack because it's less popular. In fact, it's more popular, still, for Internet servers. And, a server coming down affects many people. Yes, there have been successful attacks on linux/unix. Let's see, the last big one was in the late 1980's, right? But, like anything else, if you leave the door open, someone you don't want to greet may just walk in. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > One reason there are so many Microsoft viruses is that their software is > used on a vast number of machines. If Linux were to become popular, wouldn't > there be a lot of Linux viruses? Or Worms? There have been some notorious > Unix infections. > Thanks. > John > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >