Linux uncrackable...?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Tue Sep 4 23:19:30 UTC 2012



Am 05.09.2012 01:10, schrieb Peter Gordon:
> On 09/03/2012 03:26 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> the point i was making is that all the security updates are after the fact
> 
> I don't understand what you're getting at, here. Fixing a security hole
> before you even know that security hole is there is not possible.

what do you not understand?
why do you snip the whole context?

i followed exactly the argumentation you snipped

Am 03.09.2012 11:39, schrieb Tim:
>> 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it
>> 2. People get infected
>> 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies
>
> Fernando Cassia:
>> That is as stupid as saying "vaccines and treatment drugs donĀ“t work,
>> the damage has been done, other people got sick!".
>
> The point I was making, and it was only one point, was that anti-virus
> solutions are after the fact.  They will always be too late for some
> people.  And it's a bad approach to securing your computer.  And it's a
> stupid thing to rely on.

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