Re: [LAD] Linux Malware

So Malware can trash your personal documents and steal your identity.....but the kernel is safe? 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(a)drobilla.net> > Subject: Re: [LAD] Linux Malware > To: Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Linux Audio Developers <linux-audio-dev(a)lists.linuxaudio.org> > Message-ID: <1332548123.6586.15.camel(a)verne.drobilla.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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 > > 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. > > > -dr >