Linux uncrackable...?

[Tim]

Tim:
>> The thing is, that anti-virus is always after-the-fact.  The damage
>> has been done,

Fernando Cassia:
> Huh? No. Most modern anti-virus apps (even for Linux) include
> "on-access" scanning so that the file is identified as infected (by
> signature, heuristics, whatever) BEFORE being loaded.

1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it
2. People get infected
3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies

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[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686

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