[Gllug] p2p programs

[Martin A. Brooks]

Henry Gilbert wrote:
> 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.

> All in all, it is extremely safe browsing the net using Desktop Linux.

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

> There is no known succesful exploits that I am aware of.

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> You often get security advisories (as the community constantly revise
> the code);

You only get security advisories if you subscribe to the relevant 
mailing lists or keep watching the appropriate web sites.

> (I keep saying "Desktop" ... when it comes to Servers - the picture
> changes completely. You get self-propagating worms, successful hacks,
> etc)

You're confused.  There's no such thing as a "linux desktop" or "linux 
server".  It's a computer system with GNU/Linux installed.  A developers 
"desktop" is likely to have many "server" programs installed making as 
vulnerable as any other "server". Where are you drawing the line?


Mart.
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