On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Scott Morris wrote:
So when the majority of people begin using a different operating system, is there some reason that the majority of virus-writers or other malcontents wouldn't focus on the flaws there?
Or are we stuck in this little bubble thinking that unix REALLY is THAT secure?
Perhaps it is, but my viewpoint is that it's really shortsighted to make this assumption. Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it can't. Wolves go where the sheep are plentiful and less protected. As they
it has happened: iis/sadmin worm 2001-may apache-scalper worm l10n worm morris-sendmail-extravaganza current-ssh-exploit-fun there are others of course... it's not the OS that matters in the long run, it's the administration of that OS (or so it seems to me, admittedly not a sysadmin though, anymore). Sure, initial/default installs might be problematic in one/all OS's, but by and large extended lifetimes on a live/hostile network means patches must be applied. Seems like that doesn't happen by and large. -Chris