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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
