Author: Flemming Rodler
Date: 12:48:22 05/05/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 15:32:35, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >And if we all switch to Linux, the virusses and worms will pop up there. > >It's no windows problem, it's a human problem. > >If you have a street with 20 cars, 19 with normal tires, and 1 hovercraft, and >you want to sabotage, what do you do? Spikes for the normal tires. > >Is it a tire problem? Should car drivers first check the street before driving >over the tarmac? Is it their problem choosing such a lousy tire? > >I don't think so, I'm more inclined to think it's a problem of the guy spreading >the spikes. > >Jeroen ;-} Of course your right when you say that it is a human problem but security also have lot to do with it. I believe Unix and Linux to be inherently more secure than Windows. Since Windows is not very secure it become almost trivial to make up a new virus. Viruses that attack Unix or Linux systems on the other hand usually does so by exploiting bugs in the program code. This makes it much more difficult to design viruses because it means that you need a lot more knowledge and understanding of computers and their operating system in order to do so. People that are willing to put an effort into learning all this stuff are (I believe) not so dumb as to waste their time in order to make viruses. /Flemming
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