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On Saturday 22 Oct 2011 22:30:45 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am Samstag 22 Oktober 2011, 18:14:32 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. 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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> except when someone puts up or takes over a rsync server and starts |
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> providing malicious ebuilds. |
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> Hilarious. |
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Isn't that what happened back in 2003/04? I can't recall exactly but there |
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was some discussion where it was suggested that clients should rsync against |
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two different mirrors and diff the portage contents (or hashes thereof?), before |
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accepting the sync result. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |