On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 00:22, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 07:48:09PM -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 19:26, Price Technology wrote: > > > > <URL: http://www.securitypipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=26100437 > > > > > > > > > > But then, isn't that one of the reasons we use it in the first place ?? > > > > > > Joebewan > > > Exactly so!!! > > > > Although I have had one system hacked, it was my own stupidity. > > Directly connected to the internet with no firewall running and lots of > > services open for attack. > > This article presents some statistics that show that Linux is more > secure to various hacks... > > I wanted to gloat at a couple of levels but that is not in order. > > The vast majority of us are computer literate. That helps... and > alone may cover the fact that so few of the linux boxes had been > 'hacked'. > > My personal and corp WindowZ boxes (knock on wood) have not had > trouble but I work at it. Windows updates are and were a daily > task... > > Linux is getting more friendly. This permits less educated users to > use it. As the community grows I suspect our task is to constantly > improve this tool of ours as well as educate a growing number in how > to use it safely. > I think you've hit the nail right on the head. I too have had no "hacking" problems on my winders boxes, and as long as my customers "behave themselves" neither do they for the most part. I am concerned that when Linux becomes more user friendly and we have a greater number of less educated users, the statistics may change. As such we as a community need to do all we can to help new users by simplifying our explanations and answers. It doesn't help a newbie much when we tell him or her to proceed to a command line and / or rewrite a config file when they're already intimidated enough as it is. If there's a gui tool that will get the job done, let's point them that way. Joebewan
