Posted by: Joseph Cooper
on July 11, 2002 01:20 PM
I did, but they sent a pretty good response
back.. They hit everyone one of my points
perfectly. But I forgot to mention a few things.
So if you send anything out, here is what
they say:
1) The OS can be repaired, user data cannot.
If a virus runs as user and deletes all user
data, the fact that the OS is intact doesn't
matter much. The user will probably reinstall
anyway just to make sure any infections aren't
hidden on the disk.
2) Common, if Linux only had user permits
to secure it, it would be no better than Windows.
It has more security ability than that, and
user permits only protect against specific
types of virii.
#2 is pretty good, but #1 forgets to take
into account something important:
D.O.S attacks, etc.
Linux machines have much more powerful
network abilites than Windows machines.
The network tools are hidden frmo normal
users on normal linux, but with root access
a complex virii can get access to plenty
of powerful tools that can be used to forward
attacks to a bigger target.
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Someone else send them that, I feel embarrassed
bitching to them about this twice.
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Re:Lindows = Root-ONLY = Bad Thing
Posted by: Joseph Cooper on July 11, 2002 01:20 PMback.. They hit everyone one of my points
perfectly. But I forgot to mention a few things.
So if you send anything out, here is what
they say:
1) The OS can be repaired, user data cannot.
If a virus runs as user and deletes all user
data, the fact that the OS is intact doesn't
matter much. The user will probably reinstall
anyway just to make sure any infections aren't
hidden on the disk.
2) Common, if Linux only had user permits
to secure it, it would be no better than Windows.
It has more security ability than that, and
user permits only protect against specific
types of virii.
#2 is pretty good, but #1 forgets to take
into account something important:
D.O.S attacks, etc.
Linux machines have much more powerful
network abilites than Windows machines.
The network tools are hidden frmo normal
users on normal linux, but with root access
a complex virii can get access to plenty
of powerful tools that can be used to forward
attacks to a bigger target.
---
Someone else send them that, I feel embarrassed
bitching to them about this twice.
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