[Gllug] p2p programs

Henry Gilbert henry.gilbert at gmail.com
Sun Nov 13 14:23:46 UTC 2005


> Linux is indeed safe and I've never came across anyone infected by a
> trojan or a virus in Linux.

>> Then you haven't looked very hard.  Badly patched Linux boxes are as
>> easy to compromise as badly patched Windows boxes.

Ah OK, so you know of an individual that had his Desktop Linux compromised?
I need to interview him.

> Providing you do so as an ordinary user, and not root.

rm -fr *

browsing the net as root or non-root will hardly make a difference
apart from increasing one's paranoia.

> ...


OK were you present at the Discovery Meeting yesterday?
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