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Am 22.10.2011 17:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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> On 10/22/2011 05:07 PM, Adam Carter wrote: |
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>>> there aren't any Linux viruses, |
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>> Except for the ones listed on the page below, which is probably |
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>> incomplete. |
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware |
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>> But yeah, on a linux desktop (especially a Gentoo one) you don't need |
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>> a virus scanner. Yet. |
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> There are literally *millions* of Windows viruses. The Wikipedia page |
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> just proves Linux has virtually no viruses, and those listed don't even |
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> work anymore (exploits have been patched long ago.) Most existing Linux |
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> malware targets servers (like PHP software exploits in forums, wikis, |
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> etc) and desktop users don't need to worry. |
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> Furthermore, even if there were enough Linux viruses to worry about, |
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> there isn't a good way of getting infected. On Windows, you download |
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> random executables from the net. On Gentoo, you install your stuff |
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> through portage. It's nearly impossible to get infected. |
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Unless you hijack one of the portage mirrors or stage a |
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man-in-the-middle attack. Only a few manifest files in the official |
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portage tree are signed with PGP and even there I don't think emerge |
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checks the keys, only the normal hash keys. That is something that bugs |
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me for ages. |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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