Re: [Nolug] FEEDBACK: Security blame games

At 11:24 AM 9/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Overall, this is a very good article. However, there is one gaping
>flaw: "If more people used Linux and/or Mac OS X, more attackers
>would exploit the vulnerabilities of these systems."
>
>While I can't speak for Apple, I *can* categorically state that it
>will be a cold day in hell before someone running Linux/*BSD/Unix
>is hit by an email virus.
>
>Why?
>
>Those who write email programs for *ix know better than to make
>their apps run the class of scripts that cause so many problems in
>Windows. (Why do they know better? If for no other reason than
>they see the havoc caused by Outlook/OE/Exchange viruses.)

Advanced email software like Evolution has had flaws, and these flaws will
be attacked more and more as there are more Linux end-users. Sad but true.

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Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com>
Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com>
Providing expertise in the management, integration, and
security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
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