Re: CrowdStrike and drivers (was Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?)
On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 02:41:35 +0000
Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 10:28:28AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > Crowdstrike did not strike at Linux or BSD UNIX systems - only MS
> > Windows systems.
>
> Except that time just a few months ago when it *did* happen to
> Crowdstrike+Linux?
>
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41005936
>
> Nothing in this story would be different if it was Linux deployed on
> those machines. And nothing would be different if Crowdstrike didn't
> exist, as some other equally useless vendor would be involved.
>
> There is a need to examine why companies are putting high privilege
> junk software on their machines. It's got nothing to do with Linux
> vs Windows.
>
It is in the sense that Linux generally does not need that kind of
software, though Windows need not have done if many design decisions
down the years had been taken differently.
I'd be willing to bet that the market for hugely expensive anti-malware
systems is much smaller for Linux than for Windows, despite the large
number of Linux servers in use. I saw a recent post saying that Linux
had very few anti-virus products, when the reality is that Linux
anti-virus products are targeting *Windows* malware.
--
Joe
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