Virus its not just about the damage they can cause... but also they way they can be duplicated.... email will always be, on every OS. but i dont think there is any other way for a virus to duplicate himself on Linux.... while on windows, we already know what doors are all open ;) Mathieu On Tuesday 18 November 2003 11:34, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Friendly and Secure Operating System, and how to modify UNIX to do it: > http://iki.fi/tss/security/os.html > > For a while now I've been thinking about how to make computers actually > work the way people expect them to - mostly related to security. > > Currently everyone keeps telling people to not click strange attachments > in emails, not to run random programs downloaded from web, not to use > any p2p software, etc. That's not working. People want to do that and > many don't really care that much if their computer gets infected with > viruses or other malware from time to time. If it gets too annoying, > they run some anti-virus software or get someone else to fix it. > > So, how about changing the operating system to allow or even encourage > such behaviour? "Sure, just run anything, it's safe. If it's a virus, > operating system clearly warns about it." > > Linux desktop isn't currently much better in security than Windows is. > Linux viruses are still possible, although they can mess "only" your > data rather than the whole system. But if it just deleted the document > you had been working on for weeks, it doesn't help much. > > Wouldn't it be nice if you were actually able to truthfully say that > viruses aren't really possible with Linux? Not just that they don't > currently exist, which is the situation now. That there would actually > be a real reason for "normal people" to switch to Linux other than just > the cost? > > It may not be a small job, but I think it's quite doable using existing > software. I do plan to implement it at least partially for myself one > day when I have enough time, but I hope others get interested enough to > implement it sooner and more throughout the desktop. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
