No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 18:50:16 -0600,
  Dave Ihnat <dihnat at dminet.com> wrote:
> 
> On Linux and Unix, you run by default with restricted permissions.  To
> crack the system, nothing less than root access really gives you the gold;

That's not true. Often the privileges accorded to normal users are plenty
good enough for the attacker. The main advantage of not getting rooted is
that clean up and detection can be easier.