On Wed, 15 May 2002, 'Georgina' wrote: > Hi > > Well I believe that GNU/Linux is becoming more popular as developers > such as those with Redhat and Mandrake with their superb installers, > will attract the attention of hackers who wish to be destructive to > write viruses that can infect Unix type systems. Perhaps the antivirus > software producers are just using psychology but over the past year, > they're producing their products to run under Unix type systems and more > have appeared on the market. One of the biggest problems is the default permissions which can come from certain apps. I remember there was a warning a year or two ago, that some packages on some distros had 777 permissions, now if that's not an invitation, nothing is. Cheers. -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
