On Thu, 2005-13-10 at 13:07 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:48:45PM -0500, P. Thompson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, taharka wrote: > > > > > Read all about it at: > > > > > > http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2143697/grisoft-warns-linux-virus > > > > > > taharka > > > > > > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A. > > > > I think many antivirus companies are struggling to find their nitch now > > that M$ has announced their own virus/security product to be sold to help > > fill their self created holes. > > > > I am as big a linux advocate as anyone on a Fedora list, but most of the > > phish servers out there seem to be improperly maintained linux based > > machines. If you happen to scan the phish tarball often left behind some > > of them will detect the server side phish components and most will add > > detection if you send the tarball to them. > > How does one detech a phish tarball? chkrootkit? tripwire or analogs? > Any other tools? > > > > > This would be an avenue for these companies to have a market, if they can > > convince the same folks who don't maintain their linux boxen today to > > purchase or run virus protection. > > Gee, if they aren't going to apply the free updates the Linux > community tends to provide at no charge, I'm skeptical that they will > buy anti-cracking software. > > One of my clients still runs an old version of Linux because newer > versions of the same disty "aren't supported". I haven't been able to > get it across that neither is the version he's using. I don't think > he's a likely candidate for this sort of product. > > Also, the best security does not consist of detecting that you've been > cracked, and then fixing it. It is not being cracked, and that means > applying your updates assiduously. That and a good security policy because if you download an executable and run it, you can still get infected. > This is also why I eat buffalo, not beef. Buffalo do not engage in > cannibalism, hence are not candidates for BSE. BTW: Bovine do not engage in Cannibalism either, they do not have upper teeth so it would be very difficult for them to eat meat.
