[LAD] Linux Malware

[Jeff McClintock]

> Lignux systems only have write access to their home directories, which
> the system does not run software from by default.

So Malware can trash your personal documents and steal your identity.....but
the kernel is safe?

> Windows isn't a victim of its own popularity, it's a victim of being
> crap.

Yeah, While the average programmer makes 20 errors per 1000 lines-of-code.
Linux programmers, having being on a mission form god, NEVER make such
mistakes, therefore Linux is has no exploitable flaws.

;)

Seriously though, this is *SO* off topic.

Best Regards,
Jeff


> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:15:23 -0400
> From: David Robillard <d at drobilla.net>
> Subject: Re: [LAD] Linux Malware
> To: Louigi Verona <louigi.verona at gmail.com>
> Cc: Linux Audio Developers <linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org>
> Message-ID: <1332548123.6586.15.camel at verne.drobilla.net>
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> 
> On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 18:17 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote:
> > Hey guys!
> >
> > This is an Offtopic question, really, but I wanted to ask people I
> > know and people who are developers - what are the reasons there are
> > (almost) no viruses on Linux?
> >
> > The typical argument is that there are not too much users.
> 
> Maybe "typical" in Redmond... the typical sane argument is that users
> on
> Lignux systems only have write access to their home directories, which
> the system does not run software from by default.
> 
> Windows, on the other hand, traditionally had users running with
> complete access to the system.  Add to the mix notoriously flaky
> low-quality code, slow moving development, and a core system built from
> numerous layers of piled legacy crap, and it'd be shocking if exploits
> *didn't* run rampant.
> 
> Anyone claiming that any system would have been as badly affected in
> Windows' situation has no idea what they're talking about.  The system
> essentially didn't have any form of security whatsoever.  The security
> model wasn't flawed, it *wasn't there*.  You didn't have to exploit the
> system to get viruses and malware on it, you just had to get the user
> to
> run something.
> 
> Windows isn't a victim of its own popularity, it's a victim of being
> crap.
> 
> -dr
>