On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 09:12 +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 12.11.09 13:55, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > I don't know about Linux viruses; BUT, I do remember less than ten years > > ago when it was virtually impossible to build a Linux box with a hot > > online connection, because you would get hacked before you could even > > download the patches. I had a friend who built his system and got hacked > > several times before he decided he needed to download patches ahead of > > time and build it all in an off line environment. That gave him enough > > time to go through all the patches and lock down procedures before he > > put it online. He still got hacked again at least once after that. > > > > I also heard stories of my son doing battle with hackers who had gotten > > into his Linux system. > I think you may have your Windows -v- Linux mixed up and this kind of urban myth belongs in the battles that go on in the COLA Flame Wars (that often surface around the release of a new Windo$e)
Caveats such as week passwords, open ports and advertising insecure services are the domain of poor administration and understanding - they are not Operating System dependent. Exempting organised spam gangs and their infrastructure, it's probably fair to say that most of the spam I see has come from a mule Windo$e box. I'll worry about Linux Desktop Botnets when I see it happening :-)
