> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 3 October 2003 8:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: Re: Do we really need to worry about viruses > > > "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > > .." > > > > Aye, but you do have backups right? Are your backup locations > > accessible as mounted file systems where your user has ready > > read/write access to them? I would certainly hope not. > > Do you backups every day? Every minute? Every instant? > > If not, the user's data is still vulnerable. >
This is about risk analysis. Loosing half a days work, or a days work is annoying, but your going to feel pretty pleased if your backups are working and you only lose a days work. I think a malicious process which occasionally corrupts random user files would be much more of a pain. It could be days/weeks/months before anyone notices. Reminds me of an old excel macro virus in the 80s which changed the odd cell here and there. "When triggered, it picks a worksheet but the active one and loops a thousand times to randomly select used cell that contains numeric value. With 1% chance, it decreases or increases the cell value within 5%." mj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
