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Don't Forget That Worms Happen Everywhere

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

friday2k writes "Securityfocus has a nice column on Worms and their origin in 1988. It explains what everybody should never forget. We have dealt with *NIX worms (Sadmind, li0n, ...) and they will come back again. Maybe then the MS fanatics will laugh and say: didn't we always tell you Open Source is insecure (too?) ..."

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  1. Re:Microsoft products seem to be of very low quali by MakinWaves · · Score: 2, Troll

    Ya Right, run as root *and* run untrusted code. Sounds like a typical windows user executing an email attachment to me. Informative my ass...more like typical M$ thinking

    This is why we create user accounts. This is why we run suspicious code in that account in the first place. You gonna send the code with that VIM?. How are you gonna hide the exploit? Geez...I'll bet you're one of those accessing Slashdot through IE right?

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    ---Most Definitely not a Karma Whore---

  2. Re:Linux worms have quick fixes. by jjsjeff · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not only that, but the people running these types of machines generally are more responsible about securing (or asking for help to secure) their systems.

    -Jeff