Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Posted by: Smithy (Wednesday 28 January 2004, 12:40 PM)
James Youngman : "Well, most Unix mail clients don't allow you to execute attachments at all (I can't think of one that allows it but I don't know them all, there is a wide choice)"
Yeah?
The operative word here is "MOST Unix mail clients".
Even assuming that dubious claim is true, a system is only as secure as its weakest link.
Vague statements like "Most" and " I can't think of one that allows it" just won't wash..
And just in case you still think Linux is so secure, read this link:
http://www.zdnetindia.com/techzone/stories/94133.html
Nothing less than the Debian Linux server itself was hacked without any problems by a bunch of hackers!
Some quotes from that article :
"A Gentoo Linux project server has been compromised by attackers and subsequently pulled offline for a full forensic analysis.
The attack and subsequent compromise comes a after several machines belonging to the Debian Linux project were breached by attackers last month."
And :
""During this time, approximately 20 users synchronised against the portage mirror stored on this box. The method used to gain access to the box remotely is still under investigation. We will release more details once we have ascertained the cause of the remote exploit," it read. "
So much for the much vaunted "security"of Linux. LOL!
Like I keep saying, most viruses and attacks by far are directed against Windows machines, a lot of them by Linux/Open source haters.
The few occasions when anyone has attempted to hack Linux machines,they have tended to be successful quite a lot of the time.
You can't say something is secure just because very few people are attempting to hack into it or write viruses to attack it.
Linux has got a glass jaw! :)
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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
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Smithy, I can say that this user group is not rapi... David Hallowell
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I think Smithy, NY is off the mark. I, and I exp... Charles Curran
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David Hallowell :"Smithy, I can say that this user... Smithy
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The other point I want to take David Hallowell on... Smithy
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Perhaps the reason the UKUUG has not commented on... David Hallowell
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David Hallowell : "Bill Gates' charity contributio... Smithy
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Answering your next lot of comments, I have to say... David Hallowell
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"This is especially inpressive given that he is no... David Hallowell
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David Hallowell : " have to say anyone who believe... Smithy
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Remember I said I didn't want to see any operating... David Hallowell
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David Hallowell, it doesn't matter what the attach... Smithy
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Smithy writes:
I am going to give you a quote from... James Youngman
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One cannot help but stare at wonder at the manner... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Adebayo Omo-Dare, from your name I take it you are... Smithy
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Smithy, if the person who wrote the virus that att... Jonsaw
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Smithy, though you may speak of plundering, povert... adebayo omo-dare
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Ps. With regards to leaders, new/old, and corrupt... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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I would like to question Smithy on his knowledge a... Bascule
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Smithys points on the debian servers being hacked:... Bascule
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adebayo omo-dare asserts that : "one would say t... Smithy
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adebayo omo-dare : "To me what Microsoft does or d... Smithy
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Adebayo Omo-Dare asserts : "Here too, I care littl... Smithy
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According to Bascule : "Many many companies are ha... Smithy
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Bascule : "You also said in anything windows smoke... Smithy
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Jonsaw : " Smithy, if the person who wrote the vi... Smithy
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Smithy I think you are merely a troll. You are the... Bascule
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Bascule, the linux fundamentalist, screeches
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Bascule whines: "Scalability - 2003 running on 32... Smithy
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Smithy, type in to google - ambassador peru nunez... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Smithy, I am not at all ignorant about economic di... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Adebayo Omo-Dare : "One wonders how long you have... Smithy
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Adebayo Omo-Dare : "Neither am I ignorant about th... Smithy
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smithy ' they Linux ource code was easily hacked.... Bascule
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Bascule :"The debian source code got stolen???
It... Smithy
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Bascule : "Though I agree there are far to few ben... Smithy
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Windows 2003 smokes Linux yet again!
Figures for f... Smithy
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Microsoft VeriTest, a
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http://www.openbsd.org/
Less secure? One flaw in 7... Bascule
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Smithy : "Doesn't oppose the dev of Open Source So... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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We now go on to your issue about the Jews... Tough... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Then, Smithy, there is the economy. One must say t... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Smithy: "US GDP a sizzling ...."
Well you appear t... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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One does apologise, smithy, I did mean abolition a... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Bascule whines : "Microsoft VeriTest, a
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Bascule : "Less secure? One flaw in 7 years"
Wrong... Smithy
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aAebayo Omo-Dare screeches : "Each countries gov... Smithy
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Adebayo Omo-Dare : "Under your principle one shoul... Smithy
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Adebayo Omo-Dare : "One guesses that this is one o... Smithy
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I couldn't find those figures you mentioned, just... azura
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"azura" the moronic, uneducated, semi-illiterate,... Smithy
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"Smithy" is clearly a troll. He has used pers... Mike -
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Why do you Poms moan so much? Bill Gates should ha... Michael Allan
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Glad to see that we are aproaching something close... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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Smithy, one smiles when you praise Gates for the m... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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With regard to your stay in Germany, Smithy, one c... Adebayo Omo-Dare
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hi,
so what else are thay prepered to denigrate,... bryan allen
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I would like to invite you to this event.
The cool... misterMarc
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Well, at the very least it's a devaluation of the... Gerard ter Beke
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LOL.... from what I see Smithy knows absolutely no... TS
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