Re: Linux Security
On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 05:37, Tim wrote:
Timothy Murphy:
>> This may be, as you suggest, because hackers target Windows systems.
>> But that doesn't alter the fact that Linux systems are much safer
>> in the real world.
Tod Merley:
> Is that really true?? How do we know?? "Bot" makers love this
> attitude! It keeps them alive!!!
Please do remember the separation between OS and applications. I've
seen Windows, with no extra applications installed, get stuffed up
merely by being on a network. The usual example for a Linux hack is
through a server application (e.g. a webserver), where the hack is the
server (which is applicable whether the server runs on Linux or
Windows).
Or - scripted password guessing for ssh logins. You can claim
that ssh isn't part of the OS, but it is generally installed
in most distributions.
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Les Mikesell
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