[linux-audio-user] O.T. Midi is more dangerous than you think!!

[Daniel James]

> buffer overflow exploits can happen just as easily in Linux
> or any other OS.

The practical difference is that Linux users tend to patch theoretical 
exploits, where as Windows users usually only get round to security 
updates once real damage is being done, and not even then sometimes.

I've known plenty of organisations that have suffered real damage from 
Windows exploits, either lost data or significant downtime.

But probably the greatest exploit is human ignorance. I know of one 
organisation which I helped arrange a Linux firewall after thousands 
of pounds worth of damage to servers on the LAN from script kiddies.

Following up later, I found the sysadmin had been ordered to remove 
the firewall by senior management - because one of them had a tantrum 
when they found they could no longer access their work PC directly 
from home. The sysadmin tried to explain about VPNs, but the manager 
wasn't interested. "Switch it off now - that's an order!"  

Cheers

Daniel