[sf-lug] sf-lug Digest, Vol 42, Issue 37

[Bradley Haynes]

So here we are in a pseudo flame session yet again. I suppose I should
refrain from reading this BBS 'til the cows come home; and the homework
 assignment is done... It is as if this mail list has been hijacked. Or
is there nothing better to discuss here? Is there no one having issues
with which they wish to share so we can learn as we post solution tracks?

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>    1. Re: (forw) Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] How did you	become a
>       Linux user? (chaitanya mehandru)
>    2. Re: (forw) Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] How did	you	become a
>       Linux user? (Rick Moen)
>    3. Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] Linux growth (Edward Janne)
>    4. Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] Linux growth (Larry Cafiero)
>    5. Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] Linux growth (Bill Kendrick)
>    6. Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] Linux growth (Larry Cafiero)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:02:13 +0530
> From: chaitanya mehandru <chinku.linux at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] (forw) Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] How did you
> 	become a Linux user?
> To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>, sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
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> What i know is tht the viruses for linux affectonly the local user.....and
> not keep spreading all over. Well, the text is worth reading. and it also
> mentions that the virus will change permissions,etc,etc. and affect the
> files of a user who executed the binary. More i will read.....and also
> willing to talk about it more with you and other folks.
> 
> 
>> ----- Forwarded message from chaitanya mehandru <chinku.linux at gmail.com>
>> -----
>>
>> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:49:58 +0530
>> From: chaitanya mehandru <chinku.linux at gmail.com>
>> To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] How did you become a Linux
>>        user?
>>
>> Hi Rick,
>> So that means linux is at a risk from these viruses/worms? These viruses
>> will work in some exceptional cases only!!!
>> Can we say that Linux is still secure as compared to windows?
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting chaitanya mehandru (chinku.linux at gmail.com):
>>>
>>>> Also, security is an important concern and there is nothing to worry
>>> about
>>>> viruses on linux.
>>> <deadpan>
>>> Even though there have been 66 viruses and 12 worms released to attack
>>> Linux specifically?  (Reference:
>>> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus#virus5<http://linuxmafia.com/%7Erick/faq/index.php?page=virus#virus5>
>> <http://linuxmafia.com/%7Erick/faq/index.php?page=virus#virus5>)
>>> </deadpan>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,             The shortest distance between two puns is a
>>> straightline.
>>> Rick Moen
>>> rick at linuxmafia.com
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:39:10 -0700
> From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] (forw) Re: [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] How did	you
> 	become a Linux user?
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> Quoting chaitanya mehandru (chinku.linux at gmail.com):
> 
>> What i know is tht the viruses for linux affectonly the local user.....and
>> not keep spreading all over. Well, the text is worth reading. and it also
>> mentions that the virus will change permissions,etc,etc. and affect the
>> files of a user who executed the binary. More i will read.....and also
>> willing to talk about it more with you and other folks.
> 
> Uh... if you read the page, you presumably came across text like this:
> 
>   Linux systems' architecture and culture, by design, resist such petty
>   nuisances, and create sufficient default protections that anyone
>   careless enough to be exposed to Linux "malware" (viruses and such) has
>   bigger and more fundamental worries:  By and large, you can be hit at
>   all only by being really dumb.[link]  By and large, you can suffer
>   system (root) compromise from malware only by being mind-bogglingly
>   dumb.
>