Hello, Thanks to all of you who answered my questions on converting my office to Linux and on Linux viruses. Stand by for more questions when we start to set up a server. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: <dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 14:03 Subject: Re: Linux Viruses > hi, > Linux has a different set of Security issues. Suffice it to say > there is no perfect model. Having said that it is important to > realize that one of the key components of security is to > explicitly allow. What one observes from windows is that the > environment is explicitly deny. This in itself is a recipe > for disaster. The thought pattern of security practices are > quite a bit different than the thought pattern of either > systems in usual usage. What it comes down to mostly is when > you let users do anything they want and build a system that > promotes that type of usage your security goes out the window;-} > Best Regards > dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 01:33:34PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >