[Gllug] Trojans and social engineering

[Gordon Joly]

On 11/08/2010 13:37, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
> Linux tends to be less susceptible to social engineering (i.e. trojans 
> etc) simply due to the fact that, unlike windows, the majority of 
> Linux users have a CLUE.  This does not make them immune and, as time 
> progresses and Linux makes it's way onto the normal users desktop that 
> his will change.
>
> Andy
I can see, but only up to a point. My recollection was the *nix was 
built with more security in the kernel and elsewhere that Microsoft Windows.

On what might be a side issue, *nix tends to favour human readable 
config files.

Gordo


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