> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:57:47AM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > > > Notice the word "Unix" above... > > </yawn> ... find me someone -- anyone -- who has had a system infected > via email+attached virus on a *nix system. A live person please, and > not theories or reports from vendors with vested interests protecting > an entire industry built around really shoddily designed software. > Over and above that, I don't beleive the inherent MS design flaw of > auto-executing binary email attachments is even possible on Nix (is > it?). Wow, Hal, guess've just slept the last year or so. Ever heard of Slapper? At one point it had infected at least 13,000 distinct machines: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-27.html http://www.f-secure.com/slapper/ I didn't have time to dig any deeper for other worms, but I'm sure that you can find more in Google. Don't get me wrong, one reason I love linux is because it's more secure. But that does NOT equate to bullet proof. Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
