Linux Viruses and Such

• Dept. of Reddish Herrings (cont'd)

• “Viruses are difficult to write.”

• “Scripting support is dangerous.”

• “Someone could write Outlook for Linux.”

• “Data files can have executable code in them!”

• “Hordes of new Linux users spell doom.”

• “Security doesn't work, because users are lazy and do stupid things.”

• “You're safe if you use the root account carefully.”

• “You're safe if you patch all known bugs.”

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