[Gllug] Virus on Linux/Mac

[Panos Savvas]

Jason Clifford wrote:
> ISPs tend not to interfere with customer connections
Quite a few ISPs seems to block port 25 by default anyway.

Pete Stean wrote:
> so you'd get a terminal popping up, unrequested, asking for your root
> password?   I wouldn't be typing in my root password if that happened
> - I'd be running away from my machine thinking it had a ghost  :\  lol
how hard is it really to write a GTK application that pops up with "Ubuntu
needs to install critical updates, click to install now" (as has been
happening in win for years)? ubuntu users are used to entering a password to
install updates. end of story. sudo is only secure if you know what you are
doing, unfortunately it is also necessary for desktop linux as home users
cannot not have root access. in the workplace a root admin can be called.
linux i would assume is inherently more secure in enterprise (i would like
to see independent studies on this), however as it makes its way into homes
it will face the same issues windows has faced, hopefully we will do better
;)



On 9/21/07, Jason Clifford <jason at ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 16:52 +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> > I don't see that restricting who can do direct SMTP stops the internet
> > 'working'.    I would imagien that the vast bulk of genuine email
> emanates
> > from static IP addresses anyway.  Conversely I bet that most of the crap
> > emanates from dynamic IP addresses.
>
> The moment ISPs start requiring pre-registration to be able to use 1
> protocol they will be required to do it for others - particularly
> including those commonly used for "piracy".
>
> ISPs tend not to interfere with customer connections for a number of
> reasons. Firstly it's expensive and a lot of bother. Secondly doing so
> opens the possibility that the ISP will no longer be considered a
> carrier and then held accountable for the content of traffic. Lastly
> it's commercial suicide.
>
> Customers just do not want their connections interfered with - I know
> that from the number of queries we have about this.
>
> Jason
>
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