On Tue, Dec 21, 2004, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 06:17:42AM +0000, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
and Sean will/maybe-has-already pointed out that "unix" (in all it's glorious variations) is no more secure than anything else... as much as it saddens me to say all that it sure seems to be the truth. :(
Only if you turn on all the services (running as the root user), then fire up XF86, a web browser, and email client (also running as root).
No, wrong. Modern botnet type software can run as a non privileged user on most Unixes. It still has enough privilege to cause great harm. Spyware may require a little more privilege to be a bother. You only need to "root" a unix machine if you wish to take it over and 'hide' what you're doing or you want to use it or the information on it as a springboard for further attacks. Last post on this thread, its losing its N meaning. Adrian -- Adrian Chadd "You don't have a TV? Then what's <adrian@creative.net.au> all your furniture pointing at?"