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| awemawson:
I never understood this 'immune to viruses' thing with Linux / Unix. Surely if everything is open source it is even more vulnerable. :scratch: Perhaps it's just a volume thing. Very small proportion of desk top / home systems run it so it's not targeted as much maybe? |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: awemawson on April 24, 2014, 05:49:04 AM ---I never understood this 'immune to viruses' thing with Linux / Unix. Surely if everything is open source it is even more vulnerable. :scratch: Perhaps it's just a volume thing. Very small proportion of desk top / home systems run it so it's not targeted as much maybe? --- End quote --- Small volumes are part of the reason people don't target Linux/Unix systems; but they are also inherently more secure than Windows - e.g. everything typically runs in the logged in user's account, which will not have system privileges. What's more, nothing can "sneak" onto the system via a click or keypress, as it needs to ask for system privileges first, and that involves the user typing their password in (assuming, of course, they have those rights). PS: Of course, Linux isn't totally immune - look at the recent Heartbleed exploit, which took advantage of a hole in OpenSSL (the open-source Secure Sockets Layer) to attack Linux (and other *nix) systems. |
| mattinker:
I'm not qualified to give the full explanation, but a quick web search revealed this. http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/284124-myth-busting-is-linux-immune-to-viruses Regards, Matthew |
| DavidA:
Mathew, Very good link. The general opinion seems to be that any real threat will come via attachments. So in that case of a site like this it will be usually via pictures. A real dagger in the heart if ever there was one. But otherwise it seems fairly safe. I'm off to read up on rkhunter. Dave. |
| awemawson:
Good link that raises MORE questions :scratch: What the heck is an RPM based system and what is BASH :bang: |
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