on Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 10:59:50PM -0800, Steve Lamb (grey@dmiyu.org) wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >I think that many do. I think your fears are somewhat misplaced. > > >The advice is still valid. > > I think why some of us have taken such exception to Paul's flippant > reply is because this is debian-user, not debian-guru. We do have > people here who are Debian, linux and/or unix neophytes. Presenting > the "technically correct" answer with the entirely incorrect attitude > is not a good example to present to people who are not as familiar as > some us old farts are when it comes to thinking about security. Well put. > Am I worried about a Linux virus? No, not really. Even though I have > seen one in the wild that had propigated to several other systems. It > was the first time in years of hearing that it was theoretically > possible. I know have first hand proof it can happen. Incidentally, which was it? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Americans [...] need to watch what they say. -- Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010926-5.html
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