RE: worms/viruses on linux

["Brooks R. Robinson" <brooks.robinson@rides.com>]

| > > 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.

So let them find the security holes and write worms/viruses.  My expectation
is that they will be plugged faster than Microsoft could ever dream of, and
it'll make Linux just that much more resilient!

:)

Brooks