On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 06:02:11PM +0200, Marko Cehaja wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 06:11:30PM -0500, Phil Brutsche wrote: > > Yes, Linux is vulnerable. The 'virus' in question is a Java applet what > > exploits bugs in Netscape's Java implementation. > > To say that Linux is vulnerable because Netscape has holes in not > quite correct. > > Netscape is not GNU/Linux. <rant type="pedantic/semantics"> Bollux. An exploit which leaves your system open to unauthorized data access for any arbitrary files would certainly make Linux, or any other operating system it afflicted, vulnerable. You would be correct in stating that the vulnerability isn't one specific to the operating system, or a fault of the OS itself. Security is a weakest-link problem -- any compromise at systems, software, network, physical, or social layers can leave a system vulnerable. </rant> -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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