Re: Linux and security

From: Michael Forster (admin_at_muckworld.com)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:42:18 +0100

"Johannes H. Ahlmann" <softpro@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:bg5ab7$tvs$01$1@news.t-online.com...
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> > "Real education" of the average computer user will never happen. Most
> > people don't have the time or interest to deal with it and will always
> > expect or believe that it is the developers or vendors responsibility.

<snip>
> > machine is not the "fortress" that they are led to believe it is upon
> > installation. And the average home user will not be able to change this
> > themselves until there are more GUI configuration utilities included in
> > the standard distros.
>
> yep, look at lindows that promises to be more secure than windows and then
> runs root as only user!!!!
>
of course Users have to be secure from the like of this. :

Warning: New virus found for Linux.
a new virus designed to delete all files on a system after sending itself to
all machines that have connected to the machine's Web and email server is
spreading like wildfire.
To check if you are infected log in as root and look in your / directory. If
you have a file called vmlinuz then you are infected. delete this file using
the command 'rm -f vmlinuz'
then reboot your machine. This alert has been brought to you by the William
Gates Virus alert service.

Mike.

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