Oh, for heaven's sake. Use some common sense. If you leave your front door open, you have no complaint if someone just decides to step in without asking your permission. We can't answer your question because we don't know anything about the people feeding you this information or the circumstances or configurations of the machine they're complaining about. We can tell you that linux can be made very secure--far more secure than any version of Windows. But, it is certainly also possible to put together a linux system and leave the front door wide open to all comers. On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > This is sort of a follow-up to my inquiry about the susceptibility of Linux > to viruses. I've been told that it is easy to hack Linux and take control of > a machine. A friend tells me that they have a Linux server in their lab and > that it used to get hacked often. If this is the case, what can be done > about it. > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp