Re: worms/viruses on linux
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On Monday 16 September 2002 05:11 am, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
> On 2002.09.16 00:28 David Pastern wrote:
> > For those that don't subscribe to slashdot news, an interesting
> > article that
> > I found (doesn't necessarily related to Debian linux, but does to
> > linux in
> > general) :
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/15/1513255
> >
> > This makes it imperative to patch systems with security patches asap.
> > If
> > i'm under the understanding, virus/worms have been on an increase in
> > the
> > past 6-12 months on Linux systems. Do people think this is because of
> > the
> > more widespread usage of LInux now, or something more sinister (like
> > Microsoft deliberately writing viruses to attack Linux
>
> This seems a bit too underhanded, even for MS. Besides, if their own
> security alerts are any indication, I recon the boys at Redmond are a
> bit too busy addressing their own vulnerabilities to take time to
> exploit any that may be found in Linux...
>
Too busy? M$ sucks (at bear minimum) several million dollars per hour every
day of the year (I am being very generous with the math) from users. Several
million dollars an hour. . . . They can afford to do anything they want to
do when ever it suits them.
It's too early in the mornin' to go here. . .
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